Showing between Friday 31st July and Thursday 6th August 2009 @ Watershed, Bristol

Duncan Jones’ feature-length directoral debut, Moon, is a superb psychological thriller. Sam Rockwell shines as Sam Bell, a worker on a one-man mining base who is alone for 3 years on the dark side of the moon. As he nears the last few weeks of his contract on the base, Sam’s long-term loneliness and depression starts to show and his health and mental stability rapidly deteriorates. Desperately clinging to the thought of returning to his wife and young daughter, Sam encounters what appears to be a clone of himself.

Set in the near future and with all the hallmarks of a sci-fi classic, Moon is a gripping and original character-driven story about personal intimacy, self-inquiry and being alone in the infinite emptiness of space with no-one but yourself. When you have to look really hard in the mirror, do you like who is staring back at you?

The absorbing plot twists and turns as the film unravels and you are completely absorbed in the film’s dark themes and its claustrophobic undercurrents. Moon’s intensity is beautifully complimented though with some tender, heartfelt and funny moments including the memorable scenes of Sam talking to his daughter for the first time and telling Gerty, the base’s uptight robot that he should get laid.

Whether you’re a sci-fi nut or a follower of true, original cinema with proper, original stories with proper, original characters, Moon is a must.

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Matthew Whittle www.matthewwhittleblog.blogspot.com