Good

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2013)

Oblivian is a good, solid science fiction film. It has a good cast, good acting, a decent storyline and great visuals. The only flaw with Oblivian is the last 15 minutes. The movie drives towards a great climax, but the ending is tame and lets you feel unrewarded.
Tom Cruise does a great job in Oblivian. Cruise will never be a great character actor, but he is good when he basically is playing "Tom Cruise". This was a good role for someone who plays themselves.
The visuals are outstanding. The ships look great, the tower (and the pool) look really good, the landscape looks wonderful and the characters look like they belong in this movie.
The "suprise" ending--I wish people would stop trying to do that unless they have a "really" good one you could see coming. I will not write it down and spoil it for you, but I knew what the scavengers were (but then again the ads give most of it away) and when you know that fact you know that there is something "hiding" in the ending. The last scenes could have been more creative and imaginative, but the final confrontation with the "leader" is lackluster and almost as bad as the blood cloud creature in Blade II.