Essay by Eric Worrall
About five years too late Mr Cruise.
Tom Cruise tackles climate change in new film ‘Digger’
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP
PARIS, FRANCE SEP 29, 2026 – 3:20 PM GMT+3
Tom Cruise is taking on one of his riskiest roles in decades, tackling the politics of climate change and corporate greed in the new film “Digger.”
Backed by a reported budget of $130 million and an advertising blitz, the dark comedy from multi-Oscar-winning Mexican auteur Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu opens Wednesday and stars Cruise as an embattled, aging tycoon.
Taking a break from his usual action movie roles, Cruise is barely recognizable as a mining and oil magnate facing an environmental crisis – in this original screenplay, audiences will see him wrestle with his own conscience and critics of his wealth and business.
“It is the culmination of all my skills,” Cruise, 64, told GQ magazine earlier this month. “It’s the most challenging character ever.”
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The embargo on critics’ reviews lifts at 4 p.m. GMT Tuesday.
…“I think that, like Leonardo DiCaprio, I think he’s concerned about climate change and the environment,” Hamrah, author of “Last Week in End Times Cinema” and critic at n+1 magazine, told AFP.
Read more: https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/tom-cruise-tackles-climate-change-in-new-film-digger
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Tom obviously hasn’t kept up with the news. Even Bernie Sanders appears on the brink of abandoning the climate crusade.
Seriously Tom, stop flogging the climate dead horse. Don’t create another “Don’t look up” box office flop, or a sad remake of “On Deadly Ground“. If you want to create an impactful film, do what everyone else is doing, and play on people’s fear of artificial intelligence.
I had questions about this film. The pre-release trailers were very cagey about the exact subject or tone of the film. It was like they were hiding something from the audience until they bought a ticket and sat thru the movie. Not a good sign. There were hints of some ecological disaster and the character Digger trying to spin his way out of trouble. Now we know why they were so cagey. Or is that “so cringey”.