Oblivion (2013)
drone repairmen stationed on Earth.Jack repairs drones and his memory was erased as part of the security process to stay on Earth, and he knows that Earth is completely depleted after sixty years of war against the alien invaders Scavengers-Scavs. Now Jack has to protect the power stations that use the ocean to supply energy to Titan fixing the drones.Living in and patrolling the skies from thousands of feet above, his existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a 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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14 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1986, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
17 November 1978, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
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June 20, 2016
Oh, it'll command your attention alright; it's got Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman after all-both can command attention. Cruise plays a commander, even.
December 31, 2013
It takes more than an hour for Oblivion to become whatever it is the filmmakers think it's supposed to be.
April 21, 2013
If nothing else, "Oblivion" will go down in film history as the movie where Tom Cruise pilots a white, sperm-shaped craft into a giant space uterus.
April 15, 2016
Is it better to bore an audience or to annoy them? "Oblivion" answers that question enthusiastically - "Why choose one when you can have both!?"
July 14, 2016
Complaints about plausibility, logic, or common sense aside, Oblivion looks great.
March 03, 2014
Although it looks spectacular and boasts some pungent ideas, the surprise-to-running-time ratio is out of whack.
December 31, 2013
In space, Jack hopes, someone may hear you dream. But in a movie theater, no one will see you yawn.
June 21, 2016
Here's the trouble with mainstream science fiction filmmaking these days: there's no expectation that an audience is capable of putting things together or waiting for a payoff.
September 30, 2014
Oblivion delivers a blast of midsummer heat to the middle of April. And, unlike many a potential blockbuster, it's full of ambition. Just try not to think about it too much.
April 22, 2013
Was Cruise trying to beat out fellow Scientologist John Travolta for the honor of starring in the dumbest sci-fi epic ever?
April 23, 2015
The story that eventually surfaces is no where near as interesting as the mesmerizing look of the film.
April 29, 2013
Feels ever more grounded and stuck ...
