An incredible feat in the under-appreciated genre of sci fi!

Rating: 9/10 (11 January 2010)

First time director, Duncan Jones, makes a movie that is reminiscent of many other sci fi gems but takes what worked in all of them and combined them to create one of 2009's best movies. Set on the Moon, in a future where we harvest our energy from the chemicals in the Moons soil, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) lives in a station by himself. He makes sure that all goes well and fixes any problems that happen on the Moon. Shifts of 3 years, these over-watcher's have the duty to just to make sure all is well. Without delving too much more into the plot, the plot takes an interesting turn when something unexpected happens outside of the base. Duncan Jones creates a near masterpiece when it comes to storytelling but there is one thing that I have yet to mention. Sam Rockwell's performance is one for the books. His performance elevates this film from being lost in the sea of sci fi movies to one of pure genius. Lets just say that, Rockwell really shines in the second half of the film. Moon provides a movie experience like no other and should be looked back on 20 years from now as a standard of how sci fi movies should aspire to be.