Average sci-fi flick

Rating: 5/10 (23 January 2010)

Based on reviews and overall rating, I was expecting another Kubrick's Odyssey. In this context, the movie is a letdown.
The environment is very well done, although there are some unexplained simplifications, like different levels of gravity inside and outside of the lunar base. Sam Rockwell does a very good job, especially toward the ending of the movie. The movie has a very good main idea, but the screenplay does not capitalize on it. All the "twists" and surprises can be seen from miles away, and it fails completely in building any suspense at all. It is one of those movies where you know what could be better immediately after watching it.
But it is a decent sci-fi flick, worth watching once, if you like the genre. But keep your expectations low somehow, this one is not gonna make it to history books.