Synopsis
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
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Cast
- Tom CruiseJack
- Morgan FreemanBeech
- Olga KurylenkoJulia
- Andrea RiseboroughVictoria
- Nikolaj Coster-WaldauSykes
- Melissa LeoSally
- Zoë BellKara
- Abigail LoweJulia's Child
- Isabelle LoweJulia's Child
Recommendations
- 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Oblivion is an absolutely gorgeous film dramatically caught between its aspirations for poetic romanticism and the demands of heavy sci-fi action. After a captivating beginning brimming with mystery and evident ambition, the air gradually seeps out of the balloon that keeps this thinly populated tale aloft, leaving the ultimate impression of a nice try that falls somewhat short of the mark. - 67
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It is overlong, and familiar, and never quite hits top gear -- it's never especially bad, but neither is it especially excellent, beyond the visual wow factor. But there's still a lot to admire in the film, not least that it's engaging from the first moment to the last. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
That doesn’t make Oblivion a bad movie, just a familiar one — generic. - 60
Empire
Kosinski has again built a fantasy world that feels real to its core, but once more put most effort into the scenery and too little into the people. - 60
Total Film
It isn’t a reboot or reimagining, refreshingly, but Oblivion plays like a stylised remix of superior sci-fi ground-breakers. Cruise and Kosinski: they might be an effective team, but pioneers they’re not. - 60
Variety
A moderately clever dystopian mindbender with a gratifying human pulse, despite some questionable narrative developments along the way. - 60
Village Voice
The good news: Here's a lavish, serious science-fiction picture, one that on occasion transcends big-budget hit-making convention to glance against grandeur...Which brings us to Tom Cruise, the not-necessarily-good news. However engaging its end-times mysteries, Oblivion is still a Tom Cruise movie. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Oblivion has enough special-effects artistry to keep you distracted for a while. But all the eye candy in the world can’t mask the sensation that you’ve seen this all before…and done better.
