A sci-fi action flick from Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. At first, Oblivion just kind of sits there, a hodgepodge of borrowed elements from Wall-E, Planet of the Apes, Moon, The Matrix, Portal, and Mass Effect. (Thanks to a slick dogfight, there's even some Top Gun.) But give it a bit of time. Turns out Kosinski's making something pretty interesting with this pastiche; just as lead character Jack (Tom Cruise) suspects, there's a twist or two, but it turns out there are a few more surprises as well. by Erik Henriksen