If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend that you check out his previous sci-fi tales, both Moon and Source Code (which put Jake Gyllenhaal through the wringer of a complicated time loop).
They are an excellent foundation for the type of story that Jones tells in Mute.
After a detour into the realm of Warcraft, it’s refreshing to see Duncan Jones bring his eye — and ear — for original science-fiction back for a story like Mute.
The writer/director has said in interviews that this is a story he has been working on for years, looking for the right opportunity to bring both Leo and this neon-drenched world to the screen.