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Digger movie review: Tom Cruise as an oil tycoon digs up a wild environmental satire with Riz Ahmed's truth bombs

Digger sees Tom Cruise ditch his familiar action-hero image for an eccentric oil billionaire caught in an environmental catastrophe. Alejandro Inarritu’s ambitious satire is visually striking and unpredictable, though its excessive humour, tonal shifts and heavy-handed messaging occasionally overwhelm its central ideas

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Digger movie review (Pictures via special arrangement)

Digger movie review (Pictures via special arrangement)

Over the years, Tom Cruise has been synonymous to the action packed films, everytime you see him onscreen, its all about the stunts, jumps from high-rise buildings and more. Digger on the other hand reverses his presence onscreen. Tom Cruise plays a paunchy, ageing oil billionaire with thinning hair, a booming Southern accent and enough ego to believe that even an environmental catastrophe can be solved if he is the one holding the shovel.

Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Digger strikes a chord with its deceptively simple premise. Digger Rockwell’s drilling operation in the Arctic triggers an ecological disaster when a gigantic chunk of ice breaks away and threatens catastrophic consequences. His scientist, Ganesh played by Riz Ahmed, has been constantly warning him about the dangers, but Digger isn't quite interested in any kind of accountability. His instinct is to take charge, control the narrative and, naturally, position himself as the man capable of fixing the mess.

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