Oblivion

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.

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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.

HOME SCRIPTURE BOOK REVIEWS POETRY RECIPES GARDENS FILM REVIEWS	Oblivion 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