Another example of a movie where the acting was better than the movie itself. But, man, was Sam Rockwell great in this. He had to do so many things in this movie that I can't imagine how hard it would have been to keep track.Rockwell plays Sam Bell. Sam has been on the moon for almost 3 years, harvesting a new energy source for a private company that he shoots back to Earth so it can be used to generate power throughout the world. Three years can be a long time and the only companion he has is a HAL 9000 sound-alike named GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey). GERTY isn't has sadistic as HAL. Close to his scheduled return date, Sam finds a mysterious astronaut who looks alarming like himself in a wrecked moon rover. Sam isn't sure if this new person is real or if he is just going crazy after being up in space for 3 years...alone.
What other kind of story would you expect from David Bowie's son as the writer/director than one about the moon? As mentioned earlier, Rockwell's performance drove the movie a lot further than the plot did. It's a short movie, only 97 minutes, but Rockwell manages to give a great solo acting performance that's up there with Tom Hanks in Cast Away. I can see why people were mad when Sony decided not to push him for some awards.
