But beyond the plot, Oblivion stands from out the majority of Hollywood sci-fi in recent years in the human interest of the characters, dealing with the questions of loyalty, love, memory, and identity. I found it genuinely touching when Jack (the Tom Cruise character) is drawn to Julia (the Olga Kurylenko character) at the expense of Vica with whom he has been such "an effective team" for so long. The scene of Vica on the other side of the glass door and stunned by Jack's "betrayal" (the role superbly acted not only in this scene but throughout the film by Andrea Riseborough) was powerfully affecting IMHO. This is the kind of emotion that some of the old Twilight Zone episodes evoked, and I think one of the reviewers (LA Times?) was also struck by this.
Then there's the look of the movie itself: the design of the dwellings, the combining of the CGI and the actual location shots in Iceland (above the clouds), the bubble ship - all just wonderful!
Sure, there are the de rigeuer video-game sequences and explosions, but Oblivion has so much more to offer too. 5/5 for me.
