Now, I actually watched the 1996 sequel "Oblivion 2: Backlash" before watching the 1994 movie "Oblivion". But I have to say that I did indeed thoroughly enjoy the sequel, and thus I tracked down the 1994 movie "Oblivion" from director Sam Irvin, as I had to watch it.
Writers Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, Mark Goldstein and Peter David put together a fair enough script, but I have to admit that I enjoyed the sequel a bit more than I did this one. Not that "Oblivion" wasn't a good movie, but there was just more of a coherent red thread throughout the course of part two.
Something perplexed me about this movie, because there was similiarities in the storyline between "Oblivion" and "Oblivion 2: Backlash". Sure, they were shot back to back, but it still made little sense that so many things from the first movie reappeared in the sequel.
The cast ensemble was great in this 1994 movie, just as it was in the 1996 sequel. And with the likes of Andrew Divoff, Isaac Hayes Meg Foster, Julie Newmar, Jackie Swanson, Richard Joseph Paul, George Takei, Musetta Vander, Carel Struycken and Peter David on the cast list, then you're in for a good time. And just as in the sequel, the acting performances in the 1994 movie "Oblivion" was good.
Visually an okay movie. Sure, it is showing signs of aging, but the effects are still fair enough.
Watchable and enjoyable for what it was. My rating of director Sam Irvin's 1994 movie "Oblivion" lands on a five out of ten stars.
Writers Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, Mark Goldstein and Peter David put together a fair enough script, but I have to admit that I enjoyed the sequel a bit more than I did this one. Not that "Oblivion" wasn't a good movie, but there was just more of a coherent red thread throughout the course of part two.
Something perplexed me about this movie, because there was similiarities in the storyline between "Oblivion" and "Oblivion 2: Backlash". Sure, they were shot back to back, but it still made little sense that so many things from the first movie reappeared in the sequel.
The cast ensemble was great in this 1994 movie, just as it was in the 1996 sequel. And with the likes of Andrew Divoff, Isaac Hayes Meg Foster, Julie Newmar, Jackie Swanson, Richard Joseph Paul, George Takei, Musetta Vander, Carel Struycken and Peter David on the cast list, then you're in for a good time. And just as in the sequel, the acting performances in the 1994 movie "Oblivion" was good.
Visually an okay movie. Sure, it is showing signs of aging, but the effects are still fair enough.
Watchable and enjoyable for what it was. My rating of director Sam Irvin's 1994 movie "Oblivion" lands on a five out of ten stars.