Watch for the *AWESOME* visual effects!

Rating: 4/10 (8 August 2013)

It's 2017. Aliens(called "The Scavengers") in-universe attack. We nuke the Earth. We migrate to Titan(?!). Fast forward 60 years to 2077, and we have Jack(Tom Cruise) and Victoria(Andrea Riseborough) -- two people whose job is to protect the power sources here for our colony at Titan. Their memory is wiped sometime back, and when Jack starts to remember, things go awry.
As you noticed, the film's story is horribly, horribly clichéd. It mirrors some of Cruise's earlier roles. It even features signature shots of Tom Cruise running a la Mission Impossible. You could guess what happens at the end at the first 30 minute mark itself. And I personally hated the climax.
As for the acting, it is good. Cruise is excellent. Riseborough and Kurylenko(who plays Jack's wife Julia) are good. The role of the resistance leader is built for Morgan Freeman(he makes everything better :D), and Ser Jaime Lannister is there too.
However, the real highlight of the film is the visual effects. They are totally awesome -- whether they be a damaged Empire State Building, a destroyed moon, or the home in the valley. Fantastic!! Could just watch for them again :)
Music is -- well, it's not exceptionally great, it's not terrible either, although it is jarring at times.
Final thought: I really feel that this should've been made as a video game, instead of a film. It has everything required for a video game!!