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Directed
by: Joseph Kosinski
Screenplay by: Karl Gajdusek, Michael deBruyn
Based on: Oblivion; by Joseph Kosinski
Produced
By: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Duncan Henderson, Joseph Kosinski,
Barry Levine
Starring:
Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough,
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo
Music by: M83 (original music), Anthony Gonzalez, Joseph Trapanese
Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Chernin
Entertainment, Monolith Pictures, Radical Studios
Release date: March 26, 2013 (Buenos Aires), April 19, 2013 (United
States)
Plot &
Review :
In 2077, repair technician Jack and communications officer Victoria
appear to be the last people left on Earth. In 2017, scavenger
aliens destroyed the Moon and invaded Earth; although humans won
the war, the use of nuclear weaponry left the Earth uninhabitable.
Jack repairs combat drones that hunt the remaining scavengers
and guard the hydrothermal platforms that convert seawater into
fusion energy. The work is reported to Sally, the commander aboard
the "Tet", a space station orbiting Earth once a day. Within two
weeks, the group will be departing for Saturn's moon, Titan, to
join colonists there. Though Jack and Victoria's memories have
been wiped, Jack has had dreams of a pre-war life with an unknown
woman.
An object
falls from the sky to the co-ordinates. Jack finds five humans
in sleep pods, including the mysterious woman from his dreams.
A drone destroys four pods, but Jack prevents it from killing
the woman and takes her to his and Victoria's aerial base. The
woman, Julia, is a NASA astronaut who has been in suspended animation
aboard the Odyssey spaceship for the past 60 years.
End
of Spoilers
This
is a fascinating film that takes your full attention to fully
understand and enjoy. Similar to Vanilla Skies where nothing is
as it at first seems. As soon as we think we know the plot and
might expect what will take place next we are given a twist that
will change our expectations. A perfect film for the die hard
Tom Cruise fans.
MJ Flack
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