oblivion (2013)
Produced and directed by Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion tells the story of Jack Harper (Tom Cruise), a technician living in 2077, 60 years after scavenger aliens destroyed Earth's moon. While remaining on the abandoned Earth to repair drones, Jack encounters a sleep pod containing Julia, who has been in stasis since 2017. Finding her sees Jack embark on a journey to unlock the secrets of the past, all while fighting to save what remains of the Earth.
Oblivion
- Director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Release Date
- April 19, 2013
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Olga Kurylenko , Zoe Bell , Tom Cruise , Melissa Leo , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Morgan Freeman , Andrea Riseborough
- Writers
- Karl Gajdusek , Joseph Kosinski , Michael Arndt
- Runtime
- 124minute
- Budget
- $120 million
Summary
It is 2077, years after the great war with the Scavs, and Earth is left in ruin and the survivors evacuated. Commander Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the few remaining humans on Earth, serving as a drone repairman for a large operation to extract valuable resources from the seemingly dead planet. But not all is as it seems and the mystery begins to unfold when Harper rescues a beautiful stranger named Julia from a crashed space ship.
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