MIT Lecture Series Committee

June 28 & 29, 2013

Rated PG-13
124 minutes

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format: 35mm

Oblivion (2013)

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A solitary drone repairman working on a war-ravaged planet Earth becomes humanity's last hope for survival in this ambitious sci-fi epic from Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes producer Peter Chernin. In the distant future, Earth has been decimated by an intergalactic battle against an alien race known as the Scavs. The majority of mankind has been evacuated, leaving just a few solitary drone repairmen remaining on the planet's surface. Their job is simple -- stand guard over the ruins of a once-great empire by patrolling the skies, and ensuring the drones continue to function. 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. Upon investigating, Jack discovers the capsule contains a mysterious woman. With mission control watching his every move from high up above the clouds, Jack embarks on a spectacular adventure that will not only challenge everything he's been taught about mankind's most defining battle, but perhaps alter the entire course of human history as well. Olga Kurylenko and Morgan Freeman co-star. [www.allrovi.com]

The film is rife with elements from its finest predecessors -- Kubrick, Lucas, the Wachowskis and Pixar could be listed as creative consultants -- but it has the spirit of a love letter to classic sci-fi, not an opportunistic mash-up.
      -- Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune. Read this review.