Amazing CGI and that's about it!

Rating: 2/10 (23 August 2013)

This film is definitely worth a watch to while away a few hours of your life without too much pain. You certainly won't get bored but you will recognise the classic Tom Cruise "type-casted" alpha male fillers that we are all used to in about... ooh nearly ALL his films.
The CGI is incredible and the first 20 minutes of this film is very impressive but underneath the gloss of the special effects is a story that could have been far better... however as with all post-apocalyptic stories they are too BIG to fit in one film.
This was always going to be a let down on story execution.
What you have is a film that focuses on a few individuals that save the day and a lot of background scene setting you have to take for granted. As an engaged viewer you don't really care about the characters very much, your relationship with them throughout the story is pretty distant.
Tom Cruise is at the centre of everything in fact I don't think there is a single time where the camera is not following him, except for a few minutes toward the end.
If you are looking for a great story, Oblivion is not going "blow your socks off" but to pass the time, it certainly suffices.