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First-time director (and son of David Bowie) Duncan Jones has bitten off more than most seasoned directors could ever hope to chew with his lunar sci-fi fantasy Moon, starring Sam Rockwell.... several of him, actually.
In the near future, astronaut Sam Bell (Rockwell) is working on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine our planet’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. To call it a lonely job would be an understatement of rather huge proportions - he's entirely alone on the moon, except for Gerty the HAL-esque base computer, of course (voiced by Kevin Spacey).
His tenure on the Big Rock is made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all
Sam can send and receive, leaving him hopelessly devoid of that crucial human connection we all crave on a fundamental level.
Thankfully, his three year contract is nearly up, which means Sam will return home to be reunited with his wife, Tess, and
their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Eager to be free of the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, Sam Begins making preparations for his return home. But suddenly, his health starts to deteriorate: painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover.
While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger-looking, struttier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam has been so eager to be done with. Needless to say, this is where Sam begins to think he may have spent a bit too much time up on the big white ball.
Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a “support crew” on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s going on and where he fits into company plans.
