Trailer: Duncan Jones’ Moon

Release Date: June 12, 2009 (NY, LA)
Director: Duncan Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong

Plot: Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.

Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.

But 2 weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar.

Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It's more than his contract that is set to expire.

Thoughts: I have been hearing mutterings of this movie for a few months now, ever since it premiered at Sundance, and right away it sounded interesting to me. Now that I have finally seen the trailer I am even more interested. I think Sam Rockwell is a very underrated actor because I cannot think of a movie that I do not enjoy him in. Based on the trailer the movie may be a little boring because it is basically a guy alone in space, but I am very interested in seeing it when it comes to DVD.