Here are the 21 best tom cruise movies to remind you of all those feats, as well as the fact that cruise can actually hold his own in other genres. Why oblivion is the most miraculous comic book movie of all time. Their chemistry worked in the movie and i believed in their part of the story. Oblivion tells the story of jack harper played with action hero aplomb by tom cruise, a drone technician two weeks from retirement in march 2077. 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 cruises post apocalyptic alien invasion epic costarring olga kurylenko and directed by joseph kosinski is full of plot points that dont make sense. Movie stars, like politicians or other public figures, learn early on how to feign candor while keeping.
This is not the book based off of the tom cruise movie, oblivion. On a spectacular future earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one mans confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Apr 26, 20 tom cruise is one of the worlds most visible people, and one of its least seen. 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. With tom cruise, morgan freeman, andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko. Legacy and producers of rise of the planet of the apes. Jan 23, 2020 here are the 21 best tom cruise movies to remind you of all those feats, as well as the fact that cruise can actually hold his own in other genres. Joseph kosinski, cruise, tom, morgan freeman, olga. Opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. Apr 11, 20 the trouble with tom cruise s new film oblivion is that most of the ideas feel cloned, says tim robey.
Apr 20, 20 tom cruises post apocalyptic alien invasion epic costarring olga kurylenko and directed by joseph kosinski is full of plot points that dont make sense. Oblivion, based on the nonexisting graphic novel bleeding cool. So numbers came in slightly lower for universals 2d scifi film oblivion starring tom cruise and based on an original script but also on derivative storylines from no less than 4 scripters tron. Humanity, were told, nearly perished in a war with an.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This groundbreaking cinematic event stars tom cruise as jack harper, the lone security repairman stationed on a desolate, nearlyruined future earth. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. In the end, the actors complimented the production team for that design to such an extent that tom cruise declared that the glass tower was one of his favorite film sets. In oblivion, tom cruise is a repairman on a postapocalyptic earth who finds himself confronting a strangerthanusual work order. Oblivion begins in the mode of war of the worlds or minority report, with cruise s jack a dystopian warrior battling the forces of chaos.
Vincent interested me because he is such an antisocial personality, bringing destruction and chaos with him wherever he goes. Legacy that opened this weekend will certainly seem familiar. This post originally ran after the release of the mummy. Apr 15, 20 in a lengthy introduction, tom cruises jack harper outlines the story behind oblivions devastated earth. Having such a small cast means you really do have to invest in both of them completely. The rooms with windows were lit by the light from those projections. Joseph kosinskis oblivion 20 movie trailer 3, movie photographs stars tom cruise, andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko, morgan freeman, and. The monitors took ten technicians several weeks to install and fine tune with floorlevel rig support. In a lengthy introduction, tom cruises jack harper outlines the story behind oblivions devastated earth. You may have noticed a few trailers for oblivion, a new tom cruise sf film that seems to fuse the themes of i am.
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. Based on a graphic novel published by radical publishing. Jack harper tom cruise is a solitary drone repairman who roams the earth and fixes the broken units that are programmed to mop up the remaining scavs in oblivion. Tom cruise, morgan freeman, olga kurylenko, andrea riseborough, nikolaj costerwaldau, joseph kosinski. It was a really good film, i love the acting, especially tom cruises performance. Joseph kosinskis scifi adventure, starring tom cruise, is the most incoherent piece of storytelling since john travoltas battlefield earth. Apr 11, 20 based on a 2010 graphic novel kosinski penned with comic book writer arvid nelson, oblivion takes place in a notsodistant future when earth has been decimated by an alien invasion, and former marine jack harper cruise is one of a few people left on the planet to mop up after the war.
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. There is little of the knowing humour and fun we saw in the mission impossible films. Tom cruise and morgan freeman star in this groundbreaking event about a lone repairmen on a nearruined future earth who finds himself questioning all he knows in a fight to save humanity. Oblivion art from joseph kosinskis unpublished graphic novel. Tom cruise s oblivion presents a beautiful vision of the end of the world. They are the last people left on earth after it was destroyed by aliens known as the scavengersscavs, who wanted earths resources. One of hollywoods last stars wins battles against enemy spacecraft, but he cant infuse this artsy scifi film with emotional vitality. Quotes on his role as the hit man in collateral 2004 ive never played a character like this before.
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. Dec 09, 2012 with oblivion, based on a comic book he wrote in 2005 but never published, kosinski reasserts those first two points and only moderately improves on the third. Legacy director joseph kosinskis new scifi project, oblivion. Because tom cruise has continued to be a nice guy, we have updated this post to include three more unsettlingly nice stories. Search, discover and share your favorite oblivion gifs. Oblivion tom cruise and morgan freeman overview a solitary drone repairman working on a warravaged planet earth becomes humanitys last hope for survival in this ambitious scifi epic from tron legacy director joseph kosinski, and rise of the planet of the apes producer peter chernin. Investigating the scene of the crash, jack finds a capsule containing julia olga kurylenko, a mysterious woman he has seen in his dreams. Oblivion by joseph kosinski joseph kosinski, tom cruise. Apr 19, 20 oblivion tells the story of jack harper played with action hero aplomb by tom cruise, a drone technician two weeks from retirement in march 2077. Therefore shes the polar opposite of him in every way. Upon investigating, jack discovers the capsule contains a mysterious woman. Tom cruise did an excellent job as jack and olga kurylenko also delivered as julia.
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. Then out spake brave horatius, the captain of the gate. 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 2 to be a prequel hollywood hindustan times. Tom cruise stars in oblivion, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the visionary director of tron. Next friday we will see the release of oblivion, a science fiction movie from the. Every jack harper had the same memory anomaly which was illustrated when jack 52 had that flashback while fighting 49. 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. Then oblivion, the tom cruise vehicle from director joseph kosinski tron. But other actors chiefly morgan freeman and nikolaj coasterwaldau kingslayer in game of thrones were criminally underused and had just a few bits of dialogue. Apr 19, 20 in oblivion, tom cruise is a repairman on a postapocalyptic earth who finds himself confronting a strangerthanusual work order. Jack harper tom cruise and his partner victoria andrea riseborough are nearing the end of their mission on earth when jack witnesses a spacecraft fall from the sky. So to 49 and 52 and all the other jack harpers, they all knew julia and i suppose after the tet was no more, 52 realized the only thing left was julia although he would not have known that 49 switched destinations on the pods. To every man upon this earth death cometh soon or late.
Joseph kosinskis oblivion 20 movie trailer 3, movie photographs stars tom cruise, andrea riseborough, olga kurylenko, morgan freeman, and melissa leo. The mystery of west point cadet richard cox, a 1999 book by harry maihafer about richard colvin cox. Interesting quote from poem, horatius, in movie oblivion. Oblivion, a 2012 book in the power of five series by anthony horowitz. A war with invading aliens resulted in the destruction of our moon and a decimated. Produzido por peter chernin, o longa e estrelado por tom cruise, olga kurylenko e morgan freeman. Legacy director joseph kosinski as he adapts his original comic book with arvid nelson for the big screen.