Moon (2009)
Aug 13, 2009Man Isolated on The Moon/Cloning Mystery
SF film with Sam Rockwell as a lone man stationed on The Moon discovering the truth of his existence, this gained much word of mouth when it came out
Duncan Jones
Source Code (2011)
Mar 13, 2011Timeloop/Parallel Universes
The second film from Duncan Jones, this places Jake Gyllenhaal through a Groundhog Day scenario as he is forced to relive the same eight minutes in order to find who planted a bomb on a train
Warcraft (2016)
Jun 18, 2016Computer Game Adaptation/Epic Fantasy
Adapted from the videogame, this is a third hand rehash of the basics of Tolkien. Secondly, it looks like a giant CGI cartoon where almost anything interesting about the world has been sidelined in favour of fantasy action
Mute (2018)
Mar 3, 2018Future-Set Neo-Noir
Duncan Jones has become a director of promise in the last few years. Here he appropriates the Blade Runner look to make a futuristic neo-noir but the result never quite works. The noir plot never sufficiently keys in, while the derivative future setting is of no real relevance to the story