Moon [Blu-ray]

Description

Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the completion of his
3-year-long contract with Lunar Industries, mining Earth’s primary source of
energy on the dark side of the moon. Alone with only the base’s vigilant
computer Gerty (voiced by Oscar-Winner Kevin Spacey, 1999 Best Actor, American
Beauty) as his sole companion, Bell’s extended isolation has taken its toll.
His only link to the outside world comes from satellite messages from his wife
and young daughter. He longs to return home, but a terrible accident on the
lunar surface leads to a disturbing discovery that contributes to his growing
sense of paranoia and dislocation so many miles away from home. Moon is an
engrossing, intelligent sci-fi thriller that ranks with genre classics like
2001: A Space Odyssey. UHD release Sam Bell (Academy Award®-winner Sam
Rockwell, Best Supporting Actor, 2017, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri) is nearing the completion of his 3-year-long contract with Lunar
Industries, mining Earth’s primary Science fiction can encompass
many genres–suspense, horror, action-adventure, romance, even comedy–but
director Duncan Jones’s Moon doesn’t fit neatly into any of them. This smart,
provocative film has no aliens or cool spaceships, and the effects (mostly
consisting of model vehicles lumbering across the lunar surface) aren’t all
that special; instead, the material is character- and story-driven, centering
on an excellent, multilayered performance by Sam Rockwell. The scene is some
undetermined point in the future. Rockwell plays Sam Bell, an employee of
Lunar Industries, the company responsible for mining a fusion energy source
called Helium-3, which is vital to Earth’s efforts to reverse a serious energy
crisis and can only be found on the far side of the Moon. Sam is all by
himself, and as he nears the end of his three-year contract, the solitude is
starting to get to him (“Three years is a long haul,” he says. “Way, way, way
too long. I’m talking to myself on a regular basis”); his only contact with
his wife and daughter back home comes through the occasional video messages he
exchanges with them, while his sole interaction on the Moon is with GERTY
3000, a computer voiced by Kevin Spacey (and an obvious parallel to 2001: A
Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000). Things start to go seriously sideways when Sam
crashes his vehicle while out inspecting one of the giant Helium-3 harvesters.
He comes to in the base infirmary, seemingly none the worse for the wear; but
an unnerving surprise awaits him when he goes back to check out the accident
site, and the resulting complications occupy the rest of the movie. Fans of
2001, Solaris, and other cerebral sci-fi will enjoy figuring out what’s going
on; others will find it slow-moving and tedious. Either way, Moon, which was
made quickly and on a relatively low budget, is well worth a look. –Sam
Graham

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Format: Blu-ray
• Contributor: Adrienne Shaw, Trudie Styler, Sam Rockwell, Matt Berry, Dominique McElligott, Stuart Fenegan, Liberty Films (UK) Limited; Stage 6 Films, Rosie Shaw, Kaya Scodelario, Robin Chalk, Duncan Jones, Malcolm Stewart, Benedict Wong See more
• Language: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
• Runtime: 1 hour and 37 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 5.3 x 0.45 inches; 2.4 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 6639416
• Director ‏ : ‎ Duncan Jones
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 37 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2010
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Sam Rockwell, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry