Another Kind of Matrix Rising

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2017)

Well, instead of making the terrible Mummy, Mr. Cruise just should have made another sci-fi-actioner. 2013 Oblivion, 2014 Edge of Tomorrow, two superb sci-fi-movies with an interesting story, good execution and some heavy action (especially Edge of Tomorrow). Like in War of the Worlds the sci-fi stuff just seems to fit Mr. Cruise and/or he gets offered very good scripts in this genre. Well, this lets my expectations for his next sci-fi project Luna Park rise higher than just HIGH.
Back to Oblivion - the story is like sci-fi should be, not some pedagogy in disguises like movies as Elysium and District 9 and the like but some inspirational and intelligent stuff. The story in one sentence - a man must detect that not everything is as it seems to be. Welcome to the Matrix Jack. Btw, wasn't Tom Cruise's character in the superb Ridley Scott movie Legend also just named Jack!? And of course there is Jack Reacher, maybe some hidden message here!? ;)
Recommendation for every sci-fi-fanatic.