Moon
2009
****
Director: Duncan Jones
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Rosie Shaw, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart
On the Moon, the lonely employee of Lunar Industries oversees the mining of helium-3, which is now the main source of energy on Earth. Just when he's coming to the end of his three-year stint, he's beginning to feel that everything is not as it seems. Duncan Jones' directorial debut is an extremely minimalistic - one actor on a set mostly talking - but consistently gripping and beautifully designed thinking man's science fiction drama. Sam Rockwell carries the film with his excellent and uncharacteristically subdued performance. Kevin Spacey in turn voices the HAL-like computer Gerty.
