A great satire must be two things: innovative and funny.Unfortunately for Tom Cruise and Oscar-winning director Alejandro G.
Iñárritu, "Digger" is neither of those things.Cruise is nearly unrecognizable, buried under layers upon layers of prosthetics transforming himself into Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil tycoon who has affection for his wealth and his chronically ill robotic-like cat Maggie. Digger doesn't like to take no for an answer, even as he's repeatedly warned that a crack at his oil drilling site in Greenland could lead to catastrophe. ‘PRIMETIME’ REVIEW: ROBERT PATTINSON CHANNELS CHRIS HANSEN IN RIVETING DRAMATIZATION OF ‘TO CATCH A PREDATOR’Tom Cruise stars as Digger Rockwell in Warner Bros.Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ "Digger," a Warner Bros.
Pictures release.(Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Pictures)Well, catastrophe quickly takes shape — what started as a small crack turned into an explosion seemingly in the blink of an eye, causing a massive ice shelf to break off and head straight to Europe.The worst fears of a tsunami and mass flooding impacting tens of millions of Europeans may become a reality. The international dilemma puts Digger in the crosshairs — with President Compson (John Goodman) and his evangelical cabinet rushing to his remote taxidermy-filled estate to do damage control. ‘RESIDENT EVIL’ REVIEW: DIRECTOR ZACH CREGGER DELIVERS INFECTIOUS REBOOT TO GORY VIDEO GAME FRANCHISEJohn Goodman as President Compson in Warner Bros.
Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ "Digger," a Warner Bros.Pictures release.
(Courtesy of Warner Bros.Pictures)What's frustrating about "Digger" is that it has all the pieces of a great film.
As much as there is to admire Cruise as an actor, his performance here feels like a mishmash of his past performances (see Les Grossman in "Tropic Thunder," or Frank T.J.Mackey in "Magnolia").
This has been positioned as the role that could finally earn him a competitive Oscar, but he and the rest of ...