An unoriginal and tedious sci-fi story that thinks it's really clever

Rating: 2/10 (25 April 2017)

This movie thinks it's really clever and interesting. Here's the problem: it's not. It's based off a somewhat intriguing concept that's been done better a million times before. The reveal of this concept is something you will probably see coming within 15 minutes, and even if you don't see it coming, you won't feel anything other than "oh, okay, so that's what this movie is about" when it happens.
The dialog throughout is absolute rubbish. Every line feels like it's written to be eccentric and clever, but it just comes off as confusing and tedious. The behavior of the robot is nonsensical and has no consistency to it, which results in you losing all suspension of disbelief since the robot is basically just a plot device for the writers to do whatever they want with. Worst of all, the entire plot of the movie doesn't make a shred of sense and shoves a generic societal view down your throat that is never elaborated on beyond "_____ are bad"
Everything about this movie is trying so hard to be clever, and it all just fails. Even the soundtrack can't simply be your typical effective eerie space music – it's random, unfitting classical bits thrown at you as if to say "look! We're doing just what 2001 did! You all like that movie, so like this one too!"
Only reason I give it a 2/10 instead of a 1 is because the lead actor gives a great performance, especially given the terrible dialog and (lack of) character development the script gives him. It's really the only thing that prevented me from turning this movie off halfway through.
This movie is complete rubbish and sadly has been given great reviews by all the pretentious "yay a sci-fi movie with no explosions or aliens" people. Please. I'm no fan of mindless action flicks either, but I'd bet Transformers: Dark of the Moon makes more sense than Moon.