Joseph Kosinski has grow to be much more standard and related with the discharge of F1 in theaters, and information experiences crammed with thrilling potential future initiatives for the director. In consequence, it is just logical that his earlier works would grow to be extra standard on video-on-demand (VOD) and streaming providers. One such undertaking is Oblivion, the sci-fi film which he directed, starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman. Whereas the movie acquired blended opinions upon its preliminary launch, it’s now gaining relevance once more on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service, with many individuals desirous to revisit Kosinski’s earlier collaboration with Cruise earlier than Prime Gun: Maverick.
Launched in 2013, Oblivion is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie a couple of upkeep technician named Jack Harper (Cruise), who finds a girl named Julia (Olga Kurylenko) who survived an area crash, which leads Jack to start questioning his true objective together with studying about his function within the battle with aliens that decimated the Earth within the first place. On the time of this writing, Oblivion is at quantity 6 within the high 10 movies on Prime Video’s streaming charts in North America, with the science fiction story proving to be a well-liked one 12 years after its launch. Full of motion and a glossy sci-fi aesthetic, Oblivion is a movie that additionally attracts inspiration from the director’s earlier work.
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Curiously, Oblivion relies on an unpublished graphic novel that Kosinski wrote for Radical Comics. Nevertheless, plainly the graphic novel not being revealed was intentional, because the director had beforehand said that it served as a place to begin and proof of idea to assist get the film’s manufacturing underway easily. Upon its launch, Oblivion didn’t obtain unanimous reward, however as a substitute divided critics.
‘Oblivion’ Was Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski’s First Collaboration
On the overview combination web site Rotten Tomatoes, Oblivion has a 53% “rotten” score based mostly on 254 opinions, with the consensus praising the movie’s visuals and manufacturing worth, however discovering the script and story missing in high quality. Funnily sufficient, Kosinski’s beforehand launched movie on the time, Disney’s Tron: Legacy, additionally acquired the same Rotten Tomatoes rating for a similar causes, which was for having robust visible results however weak characters. The filmmaker is not any stranger to legacy sequels, having most famously directed Prime Gun: Maverick.
Kosinski and Cruise may not have collaborated on Maverick had it not been for his or her first team-up on Oblivion, which additionally makes the latter an pleasant watch on Prime Video, permitting viewers to see how their inventive partnership initially developed within the sci-fi movie. Oblivion was a formidable success on the Field Workplace, although not on the similar stage as Maverick had. The post-apocalyptic film grossed a complete of $287 million worldwide towards a finances of $120 million.
Oblivion is value a watch on Prime Video, primarily because of the newfound reputation of each its director and star. Whereas the duo have not labored collectively since Prime Gun: Maverick in 2022, Kosinski has teased his aspirations for an F1 sequel that crosses over with a basic Tom Cruise film. Earlier than any future initiatives, although, Oblivion is obtainable to look at on Prime Video to gear viewers up for F1.
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Oblivion
- Launch Date
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April 19, 2013
- Runtime
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124minute
