How entertaining you consider the movie depends greatly on how good of an action star you consider him, because the third act does border on the overlong and unsatisfying. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, morgan freeman and nikolaj costerwaldau in supporting roles. Nasa confirms its working with tom cruise to make a movie. May 01, 20 the story behind tom cruise s oblivion bike. We won the war but lost the planet, says jack harper tom cruise, a kind of greasemonkey pilot whose job is to repair the drones that monitor desolate earth while the rest of humanity live. Kosinski continued, daft punks music wouldnt make sense for this movie. Fans can purchase tom cruise s scifi thriller early through digital download formats starting july 23rd.
They are the last people left on earth after it was destroyed by aliens known as the scavengersscavs, who wanted earths resources. Thomas cruise mapother iv born july 3, 1962 is an american actor and producer. Some of cruise s later films like a few good men and the last samurai can also be considered to be part of this formula. This groundbreaking cinematic event stars tom cruise as jack harper, the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearlyruined future earth. Mar 01, 20 tom cruise stars in oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of tron. The film is set in the year 2077, sixty years after earth has been devastated from the effects of an alien invasion. Jack harper is the technician for the drones that monitor the earth for aliens and help the remaining humans obtain energy. Oblivion 510 movie clip we are not an effective team. The movies trailer and poster have alerted viewers that jack and victoria are not alone on earth. A sort of the eternal return played out in the ruins of a postapocalyptic planet earth, joseph kosinskis oblivion is an absolutely gorgeous film. With the earth rendered uninhabitable by the ensuing cataclysm, two remaining inhabitants, jack and vika tom cruise and andrea riseborough, are doing a bit of last minute clearing up before joining the rest of the human races alternative accommodation on titan, the moon of saturn. Apr 19, 20 in oblivion, tom cruise is a repairman on a postapocalyptic earth who finds himself confronting a strangerthanusual work order.
Still, despite its subpar story resolution, oblivion is good enough to remember. Cruise drove this bike in the movie oblivion and it featured a futuristic design for the movie. Oblivion, based on kosinskis unpublished graphic novel. Apr 18, 20 if nothing else, oblivion will go down in film history as the movie where tom cruise pilots a white, spermshaped craft into a giant space uterus. That was the problem facing director joseph kosinski as he prepared for the tom cruise thriller oblivion.
Legacy and producers of rise of the planet of the apes. Morgan freeman briefly emerges from the underworld as a zeushades insurgent, sporting sunglasses and chomping on a cigar. The two songs in oblivion playing on the record player at tom cruise house by the lake in the forest. Oblivion 20 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Oblivion bluray and dvd debut august 6th jun 4, 20. Moviegoers and movie critics have come away from oblivion raving about the vavoom vehicles in the boxoffice hit starring tom cruise especially lead character jacks futuristic folding. Jack harper cruise serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated earth. There are no details of the film, but deadline which first reported the story said it would not be a new instalment of mission. Then out spake brave horatius, the captain of the gate. Tom cruise is an american actor and producer who made his film debut with a minor role in the 1981 romantic drama endless love. However, theres some pagan elements and lewd content, so extreme caution is required. In oblivion, tom cruise is a repairman on a postapocalyptic earth who. He arrives inside a massive chamber lined with egglike glass bubbles. Cruises spermship enters through an airlock that resembles a geometrized vulva.
At the climactic end of the scifi movie oblivion, tom cruise quotes the most famous lines from the classical poem horatius toms quote in red. Jack harper tom cruise is nearing the end of his mission to extract resources essential to the survival of the human race when he witnesses a spacecraft fall from the sky. Tom cruise is hoping to blast into the hollywood record books by shooting the first action movie in space. Unlike cruise himself who performs most of his own onscreen stunts, the bike is simply present in the film to showcase the design and is not involved with any major performances. In 1986, cruise played a fighter pilot in the tony scottdirected. Interesting quote from poem, horatius, in movie oblivion. Most of humanity has left earth for a massive tetrahedral space station called tet. When he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft, her arrival triggers a nonstop chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows, and leaves humanitys fate in his hands. In those moments, was he worrying that the movie wasnt going to. Apr 30, 20 tom cruise in a still from the film oblivion. Cruise s spermship enters through an airlock that resembles a geometrized vulva.
Oblivion trailer 3 20 tom cruise movie hd a court martial sends a veteran soldier to a distant planet, where he has to destroy the remains of an alien race. Jan 22, 2015 jack harper tom cruise is nearing the end of his mission to extract resources essential to the survival of the human race when he witnesses a spacecraft fall from the sky. Theres enough futuristic eye candy and battle scenes to lure the genre boys, while the presence of three important female characters, as well as tom cruise in good form, could attract more women. Clark, barry levine, duncan henderson, karl gajdusek, michael debruyn. Feb 28, 20 oblivion trailer 3 20 tom cruise movie hd a court martial sends a veteran soldier to a distant planet, where he has to destroy the remains of an alien race. Tom cruise stars in oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of tron. Oblivion internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Oblivion 20 oblivion 20 tom cruise in oblivion 20 tom cruise and joseph kosinski in oblivion 20 tom. Nasa is working with cruise to film aboard the international space station. With tom cruise, emily blunt, bill paxton, brendan gleeson. Aug 31, 2018 the weight of this bike is around 110kgs. There is little of the knowing humour and fun we saw in the mission impossible films. In oblivion, tom cruise is a repairman on a postapocalyptic earth who finds himself confronting a strangerthanusual work order.
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the. Sixty years earlier, alien invaders had blown up our moon, and an intergalactic battle ensued. His breakthrough role was in the comingofage comedy risky business 1983, which garnered cruise his first nomination for the golden globe award for best actor motion picture musical or comedy. Then oblivion, the tom cruise vehicle from director joseph kosinski. Oblivion is a 20 sciencefiction film that is an adaptation of a unpublished graphic novel cowritten by joseph kosinski who also directed this film. The secret autobiography of tom cruise slate magazine. Oblivion has amazing acting from tom cruise and morgan freeman. The scene is more interesting to describe than it is to watch. Glendale motorcycle shop created tom cruises oblivion bike.
Oblivion 2 to be a prequel hollywood hindustan times. To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late. With tom cruise, morgan freeman, andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko. A veteran assigned to extract earths remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. Oblivion is a 20 american postapocalyptic actionadventure film coproduced and directed by joseph kosinski, and produced by peter chernin with screenplay by karl gajdusek and michael debruyn, starring tom cruise in the main role alongside olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough.
In the year 2077, jack harper tom cruise, is a drone technician living in a tower high above the clouds, with his assigned partner victoriavika andrea riseborough. Oblivion is a tom cruise movie with a lot of action that will also get viewers thinking. Jessica chastain was set to costar with tom cruise in the dystopian action movie oblivion when she got a call from kathryn bigelow, who wanted chastain for zero dark thirty. Its 2077, and nasty aliens have destroyed our moon. Fans can purchase tom cruises scifi thriller early through digital download formats starting july 23rd.
In 1976, if you had told fourteenyearold franciscan seminary student thomas cruise mapother iv that one day in the not too distant future he would be tom cruise, one of the top 100 movie stars of all time, he would have probably grinned and told you that his ambition was to join the priesthood. He has received several accolades for his work, including three golden globe awards and three nominations for academy awards. Tom cruise stars in oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the. If nothing else, oblivion will go down in film history as the movie where tom cruise pilots a white, spermshaped craft into a giant space. Legacy and the producer of rise of the planet of the apes. Oblivion 2 to be a prequel oblivion director jospeph kosinski talks about the much anticipated part ii of the scifi film and his camaraderie with lead actor tom cruise. Oblivion trailer 1 tom cruise scifi movie hd youtube. Movie jackets, celebrities cotton jackets for men and women, mens jackets, tom cruise leather jacket tags. And the film that spawned a thousand socksliding concussions. In the movie oblivion tom cruises character has a number of old records at his house by the lake in the forest. Apr 27, 20 moviegoers and movie critics have come away from oblivion raving about the vavoom vehicles in the boxoffice hit starring tom cruise especially lead character jacks futuristic folding. Tom cruise played a drone repairman who turned into an action hero in the 20 scifi movie oblivion. Nov 14, 2014 at the climactic end of the scifi movie oblivion, tom cruise quotes the most famous lines from the classical poem horatius tom s quote in red.
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