A meaningful Premise

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2011)

This movie is an interesting character study between Gertie the Robot & Sam the Human(s).
The premise is an Lunar Corporation is mining the far side of the moon for Gas which is now being used to supply 70 percent of the Earth's power. At first you believe Sam has only been on the moon for 3 years as part of his assignment. Then something does not ring quite right.
While you could compare this with Hal in another Sci-Fi film, the difference here is that in this one, Gertie has cut off communications with Earth directly and has the power to regenerate Sam in clones wherever they need one.
Sam wrecks some equipment & dies in the crash prompting Gertie's replacement. Then the new Sam violates Gertie's orders and goes out and saves the old Sam. While the Sams do not get along, they eventually find a way to organize an end run around Gertie so a rescue party is sent for.
The symbolism here which viewers might over look is how a large organization with too much power can change reality and with it do things that never should have been done. Once the 2 Sams get into this, they find out that has happened here.
In the end, Gertie becomes an ally to help Sam. The film is just over 90 minutes but this is the right length for this film.