'Oblivion' visually stunning but emotionally flimsy

If Planet Earth was decimated by a series of earthquakes and tsunamis, followed by an alien invasion designed to exterminate the pockets of human resistance, you’d stake money on Tom Cruise emerging unscathed from the melee.

The 50-year-old actor has survived three divorces, a risible Irish accent in ‘Far & Away’ and the very public humiliation of leaping around on Oprah Winfrey’s sofa with his box office cache and nice-guy reputation intact.