Oblivion
Oblivion is the Tron follow up for neophyte director Joseph Kosinski who also co wrote and produced this latest Tom Cruise vehicle. It’s 2077 and Cruise is Jack, a memoryless, well armed Techie on an almost abandoned Earth. It’s been 60 years since aliens called Scavs blew up the moon causing worldwide chaos and calamity. The Scavs came to pillage our world of its resources but got a nuclear comeuppance. However with earth laid in radioactive ruin, humankind has set its sites on relocating to Saturn's moon Titan and those not already there await transport in a giant craft orbiting overhead called Tet. To survive, earth’s riches must be stored for the journey and during the time of gathering Jack and Vicki (Andre Riseborough) his assigned hot and accommodating assistant oversee security via orders from Sally (Melissa Leo) aboard Tet. This usually involves Jack riding sorties from their love shack in the clouds aboard his cool futuristic Harrier jet to maintain the drones patrolling for marauding pods of left over Scavs. However when a rogue spacecraft plummets through the atmosphere carrying passengers in suspended animation Jack not only come face to face with Julia (Olga Kurylenko) the woman who haunts his memory flashes but also Beech (Morgan Freeman) a Scav who probably possesses the worlds last remaining Churchill cigar and who is also anything but alien. Jacks efforts to uncover the truth about his mission become increasingly hampered by Vickie’s loyalty to Sally and her festering jealousy of Julia. This movie has plenty of heart pumping action and it looks fantastic. Come to think of it Cruise looks fantastic and Kurylenko has undoubtedly never lived a day without looking fantastic but the film gets bogged down with a confusing cloning element. Still, expect 1) big box office returns and 2) oblivion to remain a state that the career of Tom Cruise continues to escape despite his best efforts.