Digger - Review
Updated: 2 days ago
They Know the Facts. The Story Is Yet to Be Told.
Review written by Jack Aling
Digger is directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and written by Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. & Nicolás Giacobone.
Starring Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman & Sandra Hüller.
A wealthy oil magnate must prove himself humanity's savior as an ecological catastrophe of his own making spirals out of control.
An ambitious and surreal social satire, Digger's secretive marketing, for better or worse, creates a cinematic experience rarely seen on this scale.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu returns with his genre-defying style of filmmaking, combining forces with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and the last great movie star Tom Cruise for an… unusual take on a climate catastrophe warning.
Taking some huge swings in the process, there are some intriguing tonal shifts throughout, jumping between the dark comedy of Dr. Strangelove and bleak authoritarian dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four. It's a deeply cynical, and at times, exhausting film that tells its story in a very exaggerated way.
Created to invite discussion, discourse and debate, though it fails to find a consistent rhythm, I couldn't help but admire Digger. It will certainly divide audiences, but it seemed to successfully achieve what it set out to do. Cruise disappears into the role, delivering a complex performance with some hefty monologues to get stuck into. And Iñárritu delivers a very precise vision with meticulous production design and the best actors money can buy.
Who knows what the world will make of Digger? What I do know is that it is experienced best, knowing as little as possible.
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