Tom Cruise + Sci Fi

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2013)

When you hear Tom Cruise + Sci Fi, Minority Report will definitely come to your mind. If you haven't seen it, you probably should. Now, Tom Cruise has established himself with another big Sci-Fi film. The trailers were done well without revealing too much. In the trailers, there's Morgan Freeman and it makes everyone wonder if he was supposed to be a good or a bad guy.
This film evokes your emotions, not mentioning the few comedic lines. The first part will bring you curiosity in the film. The Earth of the future. Halfway through, you get confused halfway. While trying to enjoy it, all I was thinking was that they better explain whats happening in the film later on, and it kinds of distract me from the film but awhile after I got through it, I managed to continue enjoying it. They clear up the confusion in a sort of indirect way, and you will be able to figure out whats happening in the end. After that, there will be some sad moments, but eventually, the ending is a happy one.
The more they reveal, the more you will keep guessing. Till the end, I wasn't able to get with the characters other than Jack Harper(Tom Cruise)and maybe the female leads. Tom Cruise was just Tom Cruise. Morgan Freeman was good in his role, though under-developed. Although this was an original script, there were parts of the film where you could have sworn that you had seen them somewhere. For example, there was the scene where Jack was in his spaceship being chased by two robots. Somehow, I actually thought of Star Wars throughout the scene.
The visual effects were really well done though. Some parts were very expected but some parts were really unexpected. Regarding the mind-wipe, Mind Wipe doesn't actually delete all your memories but it actually makes you forget them unless something triggered it. (Read Artemis Fowl books for more)
Overall, this film was good considering that it was an original script and it actually managed to get this far. Is it the best Sci-Fi Tom Cruise movie? Maybe not. Is it an effective film in making you enjoy some Tom Cruise and spectacular Sci-Fi goodness? Definitely.