It's the year 2077 and Earth has suffered an alien attack that started a war, and the only way the humans could win was to use nuclear bombs. Now the humans are getting ready to leave Earth for good. Jack (Tom Cruise) is a tech that fixes the drones that protect the remaining humans from the Scavs, the alien race still roaming the Earth. Jack lives with his partner/lover Victoria (Andrea Riseborough). All seems to be going well but Jack is having visions of a woman and doesn't know why. On top of that, a mysterious ship crashes and when Jack goes to check it out he realizes there are human survivors. He's only able to save one who just so happens to look like the woman in his visions. This starts a sequence of events that make Jack question what really happened when the aliens attacked.
My Verdict
It's going to be hard to talk about without spoilers but I'll try. For those who've seen it or don't mind spoilers, we'll talk more below.
I'm giving 7/10 and here's why. I loved the tech, and there are so many twists and turns that it will screw your mind. I mean, I counted and there were about 5 and I saw none of them coming. Everything was fine until the very end. I didn't really like it. Plus, it was a little confusing. I think this is one of those movies that you have to watch twice or read a full movie synopsis to completely understand it.
The movie was good and much better than what I expected. I just wished it didn't end the way it did. I think the twists saved it.
Spoilers
Okay let's talk about these twists. First, the aliens aren't really aliens. Which brings us to the second twist, Jack is actually working for the aliens. The movie would've been fine with just these twist but they didn't stop there.
Twist number three was that Jack was a clone. In fact he and Victoria were both clones! This was a little confusing for me. I thought that he was seeing things at first because he went to the area of radiation, but he wasn't.
Let's talk about the ending twist. I was really pissed when it seemed like Julia would be the one to sacrifice herself and I wasn't any happier when it was really Morgan Freeman's character! I didn't want him to die! And the very end when Jack's other clone came and knew who Julia was and had visions of her too. What was with that and how was that? How do these clones share memories? I watch Orphan Black and all the clones are different and I think that's more realistic than this. I also want to know who the originals were? I just didn't like that part. There were too many unanswered questions. If it just ended with Julia and the other humans reuniting I would've been happy.
What did you guys think of it?
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