Daring sci-fi observation on mankind and isolation....

Rating: 8/10 (23 August 2009)

I'm sure that the more observant can find certain precedents to this film in other movies. However, despite that, there is little argument that this is still quite an original film that will keep you intrigued.
Sam Rockwell plays the central role in this film as a space employee on a mining station on the moon, accompanied only by a sentient computer. Not long left till he leaves (or so he thinks) and then some drastic revelations throw the whole thing into a spin and leaves our central character with a shocking dilemma.
Won't give much away, as the movie revolves a moral issue which is extracted to give the viewer some big to chew on. Sam Rockwell is fine and a very sympathetic actor in the lead role, whilst Kevin Spacey lends his hypnotic voice to the voice.
The only issue is that it was not going to be easy to put an ending to this film for the writers. Personally, I wasn't enthralled by the ending, however the rest of the film makes up for it.
I enjoyed it, and there are fewer more intelligent films out there than this.