Oblivion

It is the year 2077. An alien invasion has caused the destruction of the moon. Men have fought with what they had and have not hesitated to use nuclear bombs. Planet earth was sacrificed to save the human race. The remaining few have moved to Titan, a moon of Saturn, while a handful of men have remain on Earth supervising giant converters/mills that extract all the energy from the oceans and seas. 

One of the few who still roam the planet is Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) a man who is strangely reminiscent of the land before the invasion. The strange thing is that he was born after 2017 and never knew New York, or looked at the city from one of the viewers from top of the Empire State. In his dreams he sees a woman: where will those memories come from? These puzzles will deepen more when he finds himself in front of the woman of his dreams in flash.

Despite its interesting topic, its impeccable visual effects, its innovative and spectacular designs, the anticipated Oblivion shipwrecked on a set of inconsistencies that made it one of the great disappointments of the season .

Olga Kurylenko seems to fit like a glove her interpretation of Bond girl, but when it comes to embodying the meaning of being the last woman left on earth, again she demonstrates her obvious limitations.

Tom Cruise is there in each of the frames, filling the screens with his eternal youth (and his big nose). It is hard to find an actor with 30 years of career behind him who is still at the top of the list of most demanded actors.

As a science fiction fan, I keep waiting for another classic to rise, one that will rehabilitate once and for all this genre, now buried in remakes, sequels and prequels (key features of today's Hollywood). I thought Oblivion was to reverse this trend: it was a pleasant movie, but it did not.

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Writers: Karl Gajdusek (screenplay), Michael Arndt (screenplay

Stars: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko