Sci fi without the sermon

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2013)

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This movie is a throw back to the classic sci-fi era, without the BEMs(bug eyed monsters). And it keeps you guessing up until the foray into the radiation zone.
At first I thought Tom Cruise was too old for the part(the best Earth could send up to meet the Unknown ET). But then I realized that we have real astronauts who are about that age (it takes years of training to become one of the special few). And Cruise's character was on an exploration mission when he went to meet the Tet. My only quibble is that if the alien AI were to clone thousands of Tom Cruises, I think they would stop the growth when the clone would reach the appearance of 20, not 50 +.