Thursday, 31 July 2014

Review - Oblivion (71%)

Earth has met it's dreary, reluctantly predicted end? Sounds like a real opportunity for Tom Cruise to step up, take centre stage and produce what could very probably be April's best movie (yes I finally stopped using the word "film").

Oblivion surprised me through forcing me to be happy that I watched it. I was "forced" because Oblivion ticked all my personal boxes on my wishlist of things I hope for in a film. Some well employed form of originality, an element of surprise, an actor I admire, build up to the finale and making me want to watch it again.

When it does this, I understand that because I now have a personal relationship with Oblivion, you would be best off looking for other reviews to avoid an emotional englishmen's potential bias.

However stay and I will go on. Cruise is assured in his role and comfortable in his environment as always. He does well to handle the main role in a film with very few actors. Those who do appear though should be classed as backing singers due to their minority screen time.

Oblivion is original and that is something that nobody can take away, other end of earth films don't come close to being similar to Oblivion. The way it builds up to the ending as Cruise becomes curiouser and curiouser is also a high point. I will remember Oblivion for it's genuine original sci-fi approach.

Final Verdict: Oblivion is only there to be praised as it does more than enough for me to say that it is worthy of a positive reception.

SCORE: 71/100

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