There’s no denying that Oblivion is derivative.... But director Joseph Kosinski, adapting his own graphic novel, sure knows how to make it look beautiful and evocative.

| Nov 6, 2022

Oblivion’s characters do little more than service the puzzle-based plot, leaving the sometimes predictable dialogue to the actors to enhance.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 12, 2022

The eye-popping visuals help create a futuristic wonder, and the Iceland locations give a perfect sense of desolation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2022

A grab bag of ancient (in movie terms) sci-fi ideas, Oblivion is a sharp-looking film that will, through its own paucity of invention, be quickly consigned to history.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 9, 2022

Filled with amazing post-apocalyptic spectacle, dazzling action sequences, and a heady story of twists and turns, the challenge of "Oblivion" is whether or not you, as the audience, can allow the strong visuals to make up for the weak narrative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 14, 2021

A competently made sci-fi action movie - something that can't be said about the majority of the genre.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Visually arresting and in moments exquisite.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 18, 2020

On a pure surface level, the film is well made ... but this seems like it was aimed at an audience that has never seen a science fiction film before.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 27, 2020

Because Oblivion borrows heavily from other sci-fi films, it lacks distinction in making the film truly it's own.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2020

Oblivion may be a masterwork on the visual side, but it is a complete void in every other arena.

| Original Score: C | Jul 9, 2020

An eye-popping thriller that actually makes its audience work to piece together its twisty plot.

| Original Score: 3.2/5 | Nov 19, 2019

Oblivion is a remarkable feat of computer-graphic design...

| Aug 14, 2019

You could do a lot worse than this movie, that is clearly trying to bring the many classics and best of science fiction together with new ideas... gorgeous visual style and exciting special effects.

| Jul 30, 2019

A wholly satisfying post-apocalyptic adventure that blazes new trails while channeling some of the greatest science-fiction films of all time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2019

Kosinski creates a good-looking film, with sweeping landscapes and some nice special effects that keep the audience interested. But that interest wanes as the story begins to unfold.

| Apr 10, 2019

There's something sturdy and likable about the way [Joseph] Kosinski tells his big story around just a few characters, drawn together across an empty planet.

| Feb 26, 2019

An emotionally-barren and tediously convoluted film, brimming with risible dialogue and plastic performances.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 13, 2019

[Director Joseph Kosinski] executes his vision with excellence.

| Jan 26, 2019

The story here can veer into the preposterous at times, as stories of this sort often do. But more important, it provides Tom Cruise lots of opportunities to look cool.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 12, 2018

Although opulent, ambitious and populated with fine performers that try to breathe some creative life into the sporadic script, Oblivion is stiff thematically and fails to deliver a premium-plus pulse of twitchy intrigue and surging suspense

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 17, 2018