Time for
another entry in Cruise Month
So, what
have we got this time. Another adaptation of a book, what a shock! This book
however was incomplete and never made publication, so the movie’s all we’ve got
this time. I am of course talking about Oblivion
A Universal Studios project (Cruise and Paramount separated in 2006 owing to comments
Cruise made in the media and/or financial concerns about their arrangement) Cruise
once again serves as an actor but not as a producer (his production company did
Jack Reacher in 2012 and its next project was Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,
that’s a significant gap for the company)
Anyway, the
movie opened pretty well, earning $37.1 in its opening weekend in the states,
however time was not kind to it and it only made $89m in the States in total.
International takings bring the box office figures to $281m on a $120m budget.
When you take into account marketing costs, that’s likely to be a
disappointment.
Reviews were
mixed holding a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 54/100 on Metacritic. So, is
this movie worth the price of admission, let’s take a look.
