Weakly written sci-fi mess of a movie that could have been better

Rating: 3/10 (28 December 2015)

I have had the privilege of watching many of Tom Cruise's films over the years and most of them are probably worth 6-8 out of 10 on average which is pretty good. Not this one however. In my opinion, Oblivion would have to be one of Cruise's more forgettable roles and to be fair, it's not all Tom's fault. What Oblivion seems to suffer from the most is weak directing as well as a weak script as the film starts off slow and the plot could have been better developed. The visual effects and a bit of the action were alright but nothing else to bother about. Another negative I found was criminally underusing Morgan Freeman in his role, it might not have improved the overall product but every little bit could have helped. A shame, really, as I was looking forward to seeing this after not watching it during it's theatrical run. Guess this is one film that wasn't worth the wait.