Pretty Bland

Rating: 5/10 (30 April 2013)

When Tom Cruise was at the height of his career he seemed to alternate between playing a blockbuster (eg. Top Gun, Jerry Maguire) role and playing a serious (eg. Magnolia, Rain Man) role. He seems to be somewhat out of fashion these days and he probably has much less choice over the films that he does.
Oblivion is a paint by numbers sci-fi movie. It isn't terrible, but there's very little in the script that you will not have seen in other movies. Cruise plays Jack who is one of the few remaining drone operators who are left on earth. The rest of the population have left earth behind and gone to live on Titan. This followed a war with Aliens over earths resources which we eventually won, but at the cost of the planet.
The supporting cast includes a couple of scenes with Morgan Freeman which aren't very convincing. Some of the effects are quite good and liked the performance of Olga Kurylenko as Jack's sidekick. By no means the worst film I've ever seen, but not that memorable.