Oblivion Reviews

Kosinski's totality of vision may not look or feel entirely original but is striking and memorable all the same.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Oblivion is a deliberate and beautifully crafted picture that embraces genre trappings without sacrificing the emotional heft of pure drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

That it can't match the classics it takes as inspiration shouldn't be used to condemn it too harshly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A derivative sci-fi drama that blends some nifty plot twists with its mysteriously serene futuristic adventure.

Full Review | Original Score: B

The action sequences are well-constructed, but forced: They're concessions to the marketplace, and they interfere with the movie's true interest in the routine rather than the extremes of postapocalyptic survival.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Large-scale, original sci-fi is a hard thing to come by these days, and despite its familiar story Oblivion does dream up some great ideas

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Unfortunately, when the story seems like an afterthought and the audience can't follow the plot progression, the movie ultimately fails

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

"The dream is always the same."

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

People who need anything remotely resembling an emotional anchor in their movies had best look elsewhere.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

This big budget, epic science fiction film is engaging enough most of the way, although it does wander in the final act until it finally ends up where you thought it would after some plot twists that are mildly annoying.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Kosinki is no hack. He's made a gorgeous-looking experience, the kind they invented IMAX to accommodate. He's a pastiche artist, cribbing stylishness and building his own beautiful ice sculpture...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

While the visuals in Oblivion are superb, the plot wanders into more than a few "are you kidding me?" moments, in particular the timeline, which doesn't make much sense.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

First and foremost designed as a platform for Cruise's physical skills. Which is not at all bad for us action fans and those of us who are suckers for concepts of advanced technology.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Tom Cruise entertains in this intriguing sci-fi flick that is full of twists and turns.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Not all of Oblivion's big ideas stick - in fact some of them threaten to send the film spiralling into its namesake - but at its best, the film achieves something that is highly elusive in modern film: it is completely and utterly engrossing.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

40 years ago, the part of Jack would undoubtedly have gone to Charlton Heston.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

An ostentatious steak dinner in the special effects department never makes up for a story that tastes more like cheap ramen noodles.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.0/5.0

Digital effects abound, but they are in service to the story, to an idea, instead of being the point. Good, smart sci-fi like this is increasingly rare.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Extraordinary, if a little hard to follow at times. A jaw-dropping, exciting and the most visually stunning and innovative science-fiction thriller to hit the screen since 'Blade Runner' . Cruise delivers one of the best performances of his career.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Only charismatic Tom Cruise could elevate this derivative, exposition-heavy sci-fi into a compelling adventure.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10