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Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Adaptation, Sci-Fi/FantasyDirector: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Run Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Distributors: Universal Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality/nudity)
Plot:
2077: Jack Harper (Cruise) serves as a security repairmen stationed on an evacuated Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying alien threat who still scavenges what’s left of our planet, Jack’s mission is almost complete. In a matter of two weeks, he will join the remaining survivors on a lunar colony far from the war-torn world he has long called home.
Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, Jack’s soaring existence is brought crashing down after he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Drawn to Jack through a connection that transcends logic, her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he thought he knew. With a reality that is shattered as he discovers shocking truths that connect him to Earth of the past, Jack will be pushed to a heroism he didn’t know he contained within. The fate of humanity now rests solely in the hands of a man who believed our world was soon to be lost forever.
