2009 · sci-fi · drama · thriller
Moon (2009)
Directed by Duncan Jones1h 37m2009
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
Our read: Moon (2009) (2009) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive sci-fi · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- twisty
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