Major Actors: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo
Rating: PG-13
Best Audience: Teenagers and Adults
Review
"Oblivion" takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth in which war with an alien nation and nuclear weapons have left the planet uninhabitable. Tom Cruise's character is responsible for maintenance of defense drones. However, he starts questioning his whole assignment.
I actually adore Tom Cruise as an actor. I've already said this to many people, but just like Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise is pretty crazy in real life but it doesn't make him any less of an awesome actor.
The plotline of "Oblivion" is at times hard to follow. You start watching the movie thinking it will go a certain way--then the movie takes a huge turn and ends up not being what you thought it was AT ALL. I actually liked the direction it took despite the fact I had to stop and take a moment to think about exactly what was happening. Off the top of my head, I really felt like this film was channeling Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, and Total Recall. If you enjoyed those type of futuristic sci-fi films, you would probably like this.
