An effective little sci-fi number, directed and co-written by Duncan Jones (aka David Bowie's son) with a strong vision and a good grasp of his craft. The look and feel are recognisably retro, and the two films that it most obviously recalls are 2001 and Solaris (though I only know the latter through Soderbergh's marvellous remake; that said, having experienced other Tarkovsky, it's easy to imagine, at least in general terms, how the original would have looked), but it's more modest than those antecedents, and the tension and suspense it generates, which is significant, is less metaphysical or existential than that which accompanies those others.
(w/ M)
