I highly recommend this compelling movie set on the Moon

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2010)

Set on the moon Sam Bell is coming to the end of a 3 year contract harvesting some kind of Helium compound from the moon which supplies most of the earths energy.
He's only companion is the talking computer called Gerty and video messages sent from his wife from earth. That's right the corporation is too stingy to pay to fix it.
Slightly slow to build up this story initially, Sam Bell is going a little mad having spent so much time on his own, when he goes out in one of the moon buggies to check up on one of the harvester machines. He's slight craziness hallucinates someone standing in the falling rocks ahead and he has a nasty accident, crashing into the harvester.
When he wakes up, the film kicks into another gear - always leaving the viewer slightly guessing, working out what's going on in the moon station with Sam Bell is compelling stuff. This is such a good movie. The actor Sam Rockwell is essentially doing the whole thing on his own - like a Castaway set in space - with Kevin Spacey (Gerty) as a talking Wilson, which is very impressive as he carries the movie brilliantly.
It's a very satisfying Movie as the questions it makes you ask about what is happening and what's going to happen are all answered by the end of the movie.
I love the look of the movie - clean, futuristic, interesting - and the special effects are super and completely convincing.
It's not perfect, I thought there were a couple of mess-ups with the plot regarding the accidents that had happened in the past - whether they had happened when Sam Bell arrived or whilst he has been working. I won't go into detail or it'll reveal to much of the plot.
I thought the plot had some good emotional depth - helped by great acting, and a great plot; for example - moments of sadness and moments of self-sacrifice.
I won't go into detail about what happens but it is fascinating and well worth watching. I highly recommend watching this movie.