Moon reviews (2009)

Moon

2009

Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5

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It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Suddenly, Sam's health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three-year contract Sam started all those years ago. Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a "support crew" on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what's going on and where he fits into company plans.

Moon details

Formats:	15 DVD, Blu-ray
Starring:	Malcolm Stewart, Robin Chalk, Dominique McElligott, Benedict Wong, Kaya Scodelario, Matt Berry, Sam Rockwell
Director:	Duncan Jones
Genres:	Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - General, Thriller
Studio:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Collections:	Best of 2009, Top 100 Best of British, Top 400 All-Time Rentals

Name	Discs
Moon	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 33 minutes
Rental release:	16 Nov 2009
Main languages:	English
Subtitles:	English, Hindi

Name	Discs
Moon	15 Feature

Blu-ray Information

Run time:	1 hour 37 minutes
Rental release:	16 Nov 2009
Main languages:	English
Dubbed:	Thai
Subtitles:	English, Hindi, Mandarin, Thai

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LOVEFiLM Review Moon

By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLM

It's lonely in Space....
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MOON

By IANLEV (1 review) from London , 22 Jun 2009

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GOOD PLOT

WELL FILMED

SEEMS TO GIVE A REALISTIC VIEW OF WHAT LIFE ON THE MOON WOLD BE LIKE
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Myths of the Near Future

By GordonVader (116 reviews) from Emerald City, oz , 12 Jun 2013

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Sad though it is... I can actually see this story happening and probably in the not too distant future... One day some one will look back through their antique Blu rays and realise the latest scandal on the colony was predicted right here...
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avoid if you can

By a customer , 31 May 2013

boring, good premise but fails to deliver the plot twist whilst unexpected is not used to it's full potential and the ending is long-winded and disappointing in its climax, avoid if you can.
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Not a porn film

By dudebebrief (2 reviews) , 27 May 2013

Sam Rockwell - porn star name but excellent actor. I bought into this film totally and forgave the slightly limp ending.
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Should have stayed inviisible

By a customer , 26 May 2013

Slow boring and predictable. Not a lot more to say. I could give you the whole plot in twenty words.
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Spacy head to Moon, but misses...

By FullofStars (42 reviews) from Scotland , 04 May 2013

The biggest flaw in this passable sci-fi, with more than a passing nod to 2001: A Space Oddyessy, is in the casting. They missed a trick by not casting Kevin Spacy in the lead role instead of as a 10 foot tall toaster oven! However, Rockwell is well suited to the droning, dull and lonesome lead role but the film never really gets out of 2nd gear. Still it explores an original storyline, without ever really getting the crux of the issue until the ending credits. Worth a watch.
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