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movie review - Oblivion

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is an under-rated science fiction piece about a pair of humans assigned to oversee robotic drones that patrol a quadrant of the dying Earth. Without giving too much away, the male half of this partnership begins to notice some things that don't add up with the narrative that's told by their handler up in orbit. This culminates in contact with human residents of the supposedly vacant planet. That quickly leads to a falling out with his partner and serious questions about his handlers that get dramatically worse when he starts finding answers.

The final scene in the movie lands on a rather decent note in which against all odds a family of sort is reunited and the planet's residence have a shot at a kind of peace on an Earth that's very nearly - but not completely - fucked.

Strongly recommended.