Film

Moon 2009

Directed by Duncan Jones

  • Science Fiction, Drama
  • 97 min
  • R

250,000 miles from home, the hardest thing to face... is yourself.

With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.

Science FictionDramafuturemoonartificial intelligence (a.i.)isolationdystopiamelancholyspacemoon basepsychological thrillerthoughtfulhuman clonelunar mission

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