Oblivion (2013)
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
Our read · Oblivion (2013) (2013) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · action · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Oblivion
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