Till Now, the Most Original Sci-Fi of the Twentieth-First Century

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 2011)

In the future, the Lunar Industries, Inc. is the largest producer of fusion energy in the world, supplying 70% of the planet with clean- burning helium-3, the energy of the sun trapped in rock harvest by machine from the far side of the moon.
The entire facility is operated by one man only, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), and the computer GERTY (voice of Kevin Spacey). The three year-contract of Sam with Lunar Industries is near to the end and Sam misses his beloved wife Tess Bell (Dominique McElligott) and his young daughter Eve. His only contact with Earth is through Tess and Sam is anxious to return home. A couple of weeks before the scheduled day for his voyage back to Earth, Sam is a little disturbed, having visions and daydreams. Sooner he has an accident with his vehicle, crashing a harvest machine, and becomes unconscious.
When Sam awakes in the infirmary, he is without recollections and having difficulties to move, and GERTY keeps Sam on the berth in observation. However Sam decides to walk and overhears GERTY reporting the incident and updates to the representatives of Lunar Industries. Then GERTY evaluates Sam and the Lunar Industries management informs that they will send the Rescue Unit Eliza to fix the damaged machine and bring Sam back home. When Sam goes to the stalled harvester, he finds a man wearing astronaut suit trapped in the damaged vehicle and he brings him back to the facility. When he asks who the man is to GERTY, the computer tells that he is Sam Bell. Sooner he finds the hidden secret of the lunar base.
Till now, "Moon" is the most original sci-fi of the Twentieth-First Century, with a dark and gloomy story totally believable considering the state-of-art evolution of science and technology. The impact of "Moon" is comparable to the 1997 "Gattaca", and like in the 2005 "The Island", shows a scary view of science, ethic and society in a near future and makes the viewer to think how cloning process shall be discussed by the society and controlled through well-studied laws
Sam Rockwell has the role of his life, performing multiple clones with different personalities. GERTY, whose mission is to keep Sam safe, is a great tribute to HAL 9000 from "2001: A Space Odyssey". The brilliant and promising writer and director Duncan Jones is the son of David and Angie Bowie. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Lunar"