Best sci-fi since forever

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2009)

How long have we waited for a true sci-fi movie? Ten years ago the world was introduced to The Phantom Menace, which killed the sci-fi genre as just being eye candy for kids. Moon is a true sci-fi movie, best since Blade Runner. The film is about this guy called Sam Bell (played by Sam Rockwell) that gets a job harvesting resources on the moon, for much needed resources on Earth. He has been living and working there for almost three years, and will go back to his family in two weeks when suddenly he starts seeing things. His robotic assistant named Gerty assures him he is just imagining things, but he continues to see these illusions and gets into an accident. After he recovers, he discovers someone else that looks exactly like him, and isn't an illusion. The production design is through the roof, especially for a film with this low a budget ($5,000,000? Looks like $100,000,000!) and uses barely any cgi and mostly models. This is really well directed, and I can't wait to see more from this director. Sam Rockwell's performance is terrific, really deserves Best Actor of the year. The rest of the cast is good too, for the three minutes they appear. It really feels Human, and I admit I got teary-eyed whilst watching it. It's in very few theaters, so try to find it on DVD (not pirated, that'd be wrong) and it's truly the sci-fi us true fans of the genre have been waiting for.