Oblivion is a depressing experience. It's the kind of movie where you sit there, wondering why you're not just gauging your eyes out. The saddest thing about watching it is how much you realize that it could have been a good film. The problem is that the film had the wrong director, writer, producer, visual effects supervisor, costume designer and especially leading actor. There is not a second in the film where anyone would be able to take Tom Cruise seriously. Between this film, Jack Reacher and Rock Of Ages...Cruise is becoming the guy whose movies I know I will hate before I even see a poster. This, however, might be the worst among those three.
In the film...Cruise plays Jack Harper. He has survived an attack on Earth and lives with Victoria (Andrea Riseborough.) She is also his assistant in dangerous missions. A man named Beech (Morgan Freeman) ties up Jack and tells him the truth. Now...Jack must team up with Julia (Olga Kurylenko) to stop Sally (Melissa Leo.)
The film looks like it was made entirely at a dump. I'm not even kidding. For a film with a $120,000,000 budget it just looks plain gross. Everyone's acting is terrible especially Freeman who completely phones it in. The direction by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is all over the place and the screenplay by Karl Gajdusek and Michael DeBruyn features some of the most laughable dialogue ever put on film. The film is boring throughout---leaving not one exciting moment for the viewer. As well---the film goes on for way too long. At the end---Gajdusek and DeBruyn add twist after twist after twist not realizing that at this point---nobody cares.
Oblivion starts off terrible and gets worse and worse as it goes along. There is nothing exciting or fun or even mildly intriguing about it. It is obvious that no one put any effort into the making of this film so why should anyone see it?
(0 out of 5 Stars, The film is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language and some sensuality/nudity)
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