Oblivion is a Sci-Fi film with Tom Cruise playing Jack Harper, a Drone Technician whose partner is Andrea Risoborough who plays Victoria; the film is based on the graphic novel of the same name written by the director himself, Joseph Kosinski.
The film is set in the future, 2077 to be exact and tells the story of planet Earth after an alien invasion, first they destroyed our moon and then they invaded us so our only hope of salvation were the nuclear weapons, this allowed us to win the war but we basically left Earth uninhabitable so humanity had to left the planet and went to the space station called the "Tet" and from there they went to "Titan" which is Saturn biggest moon; this is where Jack Harper comes into play, with the human race no longer on Earth is up to Jack and Victoria to protect the machinery that is extracting the remaining Earth resources from the few remaining alien forces, Jack and Victoria are not alone, they have the aid from powerful defense Drones which is the reason Jack is there in case some alien or "Scavenger" as they call them, messes the drones up.
That is the basic plot of the film nevertheless the film has some interesting and unexpected twists like any good Sci-Fi movie should, the budget was 120 million dollars unfortunately the movie doesnt really show it, the setting given the fact that is Earth after a nuclear war, is all sand, is a desert so dont expect beautiful surroundings with the exception of the "Skytower", which is the place where Jack and Vic live; some flight scenes even look like taken from a cut-scene from a videogame.
The acting on the other hand is very solid and very enjoyable, Tom Cruise always brings a fun performance and the rest of the cast has very unique personalities, unfortunately the performances are not enough when the script does not deliver, as a Sci-Fi lover i was expecting awesome action sequences but instead i got some very generic explosion and gun fights; as i just mentioned the script does not deliver like it should have the film at times moves very slow that it makes you wonder if thats all the movie has to offer, it is only during the second half that the movie starts coming to life presenting you with twists to the plot and make you wonder how it is going to end for Jack Haper but despite that once the movie is over you feel something was missing.
Oblivion has Tom Cruise with a strong performance, interesting ideas that at times move to slow only to cause confusion and scenes that drag the film only for the sake of wasting time, all of that make Oblivion a film with a nice set-up but falls short in execution. I give this a 7/10
