Moon

Rating: 8.3/10

Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller

Overall value for money and time: 8.4/10

The first of its kind. Nothing like what I've seen over the past few years, a true classic in the making! It's the movie that's going to pave the way for Sam Rockwell's career, a stunningly convincing and impressive performance, and like most sci-fi movies which have been used for classroom lessons, this movie is no exception. A gem in the sci-fi genre of movies!!

Astronaut Sam Bell signed on a 3 year contract to live on the moon, helping Earth retrieve Helium-3, a resource which can help regenerate Earth's depleting power. Alone and nearing the end of his contract, he pushes himself on in the hope of finally meeting his wife and daughter after all these years. However, when he started hallucinating and eventually met with an accident, things went into a whirlpool of confusion, mystery and deception.

It was awkward at first, the way the story unfolded left many questions in my mind, and predicting where the plot would take me seemed almost disappointing... Sam Bell was rescued by himself in that accident, and just thinking back, there's only 3 ways to see it, either time travel, ghostly encounters or conspiracies. But I was in for a pleasant surprise. An intelligent, novel and refreshing use of an old idea which finally made justice to its endless possibilities.

Just for kicks, I've thought of another tagline for this movie:

The only person you can really trust in the world, or on the moon, is yourself.