Starts slow, ends with thrill

Rating: 5/10 (25 July 2015)

"Oblivion" is not, by any means, a sci-fi masterpiece, yet,and despite having its major plot twist (the scavs are the humans, not the invaders, therefore Earth lost the war and now Jack is just a clone working for the aliens)revealed by the trailers, it is still a fun and enigmatic film to watch.
"Oblivion" is more of a love story than it is sci-fi. Although the world is post-apocalyptic, the movie focus on Jack Harper, played be the always competent Tom Cruise (I don't care what others might say, he is always good in every he is in), a character who is haunted by these memories of a woman whom he never met. He then realises he loves her and this love can jeopardize his entire mission on our planet. His team- partner is Victoria, played beautifully by Andrea Riseborough. Her performance was the one that really captivated me throughout the whole movie.
The woman Jack is haunted by is Julia, played by Olga Kurylenko. I will not spoil her part in the movie, but, despite I kinda liked her, I think that her character wasn't too much explored. Another character that wasn 't well explored was Sgt.Sykes played by the talented Jaime Lannister, Nikolaj Coaster-Waldau. He is just a fine actor, he is really great and I would like to see him appear more on the silver screen in the next years. Morgan Freeman has the same part he has been playing for the last decade, a important person who enlightens the protagonist and helps him finding the truth.
Plot aside, what really stroke me was the photography, special effects and scenery of the film. The way Joseph Kosinski directed the film is noteworthy, and I think that is a very talented director, still young (he is 41) and has a bright future ahead. He also wrote the graphic novel on which the film is based. The CGI is excellent and the scenery, specially the tower 49 (which was really built) are amazing!
Despite starting a bit slow,"Oblivion" is fun ride to a dystopic planet Earth, with a fairly good plot, good action scenes, and a strong cast.
Give it a chance.