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Saturday, August 31, 2013
Oblivion - 遺落戰境
Oblivion (遺落戰境) is an 2013 film. The movie stars Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, and Andrea Riseborough. The supporting cast include Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, and Morgan Freeman. The movie is based on a comic graphic novel by this movies' director, Joseph Kosinski.
In 2077, the earth had a war with an alien race called the scavs when they invaded. The nukes were used and the world was in ruins. The population of the earth was moved to a space station outside of Titan, a moon off Saturn. Cruise plays Jack Harper, a maintenance and repair man for drones that patrol the bases. The bases are collecting water and other resources from the earth to build new colonies. Along the way, other humans show up and tell Jack Harper that everything isn't what it seems.
This film was awesome. It was slow most of the time, but it was focused on the characters in their post-nuke days. Jack Harper and his wife have a mysterious background. If you didn't understand it, the twist(s) at the end would not make sense.
Easily one of my favorite science fiction films of all time now. Definately in the top 50. I am definitely considering buying the Blu-ray for it.
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