hidden gem

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2016)

First of all - i loved this movie.
It is original (original enough anyway..) and a true science fiction movie. Not just some fantasy movie in space or so.
Acting, sound design and visuals are spot on. Storytelling is done through acting and not some voice over - but the story itself is not really that complicated. What i really loved about the movie is that it avoided action for the sake of action (actually it avoided action completely) while never being drawn out or boring.
But there are a few things that did not quite work in terms of logic.
Considering the size of the cloning facility .. it is very unlikely that this concept of perpetual qualified work is more economical than to train someone else every 3 years. - Not only would it be terribly expensive to build what looked like a MASSIVE cavern beneath the base - but the whole effort to keep it secret seemed rather strange.
If the "excuse" was that the training was too sophisticated and expensive to do each 3 years. - Well .. it is kind of hard to tell what work Sam was meant to be qualified in. We do not see him do sophisticated stuff. Most of the base runs on autopilot - and he is not able to fix the live feed or circumvent the problems. (after all, they can still receive messages - so for a trained engineer - i do not think it would be an impossible task to build a sender strong enough to reach an earth satellite)
However - those are just nitpicks that do not spoil the story or movie. And so i am happy to say it was a delight watching Moon.