Tepid science fiction...

Rating: 1/10 (24 July 2013)

It could be better, but it could be worse.
The pros in the film are the gorgeous visuals, Tom Cruise acting and the overall pace of the story and the absence of annoying pyrotechnics, needless explosions and battles, gratuitous sex, social commentaries, racial undertones, big and evil corporation which have become way too common in science fiction films lately...
The cons is the generic, derivative and predictable plot (one can see what is happening 1/3 into the film) the awful Olga Kurylenko, who cannot act and does not even qualify as "eye-candy", the miscasting of Morgan Freeman who looks out-of-place and somewhat ridiculous with the costume he had to wear( but hey, they needed an African-American actor, otherwise the film would be considered racist)
Too bad, the director, script writers decided to play safe and did not try to be bolder. Oblivion could be a classic, instead it is an enjoyable but forgettable film.