, it is about time anyone lastly canonized the subgenre involving Tom Cruise characters shifting heaven and earth to save lots of the world from some existential menace. As an alternative of one other “Mission: Unattainable” sequel or these harebrained plans to ship the A-lister to area (sure, critically), nonetheless, this one comes from one among our most distinctive (and divisive) filmmakers round. For years, we have solely had the barest notion of what to anticipate from Cruise’s return to his extra auteur-driven roots, teaming him up with Alejandro G. Iñárritu for “Digger.” Now, we’re lastly getting a greater image of precisely what the “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director has up his sleeve subsequent.
Warner Bros. has launched the primary official trailer for “Digger” and, to place it flippantly, the outcomes need to be seen to be believed. Early phrase out of this 12 months’s CinemaCon occasion in Las Vegas described the unique footage screened there in nearly hyperbolic phrases … however possibly they weren’t so unbelievable in spite of everything. Cruise stars as Digger Rockwell, a personality not like any we have seen from the legendary actor earlier than. Not solely is he a far cry from the suave, idealistic film star we have come to know and love over the a long time, however, in keeping with the movie’s synopsis, this plot includes the next:
Probably the most highly effective man on the planet embarks on a frantic mission to show he’s humanity’s savior earlier than the catastrophe he is unleashed destroys all the things.
Yeah, think about us intrigued. Understanding Iñárritu, that is going to be an unforgettable expertise that calls for to be seen on the massive display screen. If you have not already, try the brand new footage above!
Is Digger going to be extra like Dr. Strangelove, or Do not Look Up?
Tom Cruise has steadily been tasked with saving the world on display screen, however he is not usually fixing an issue that he himself triggered. Depart it to Iñárritu to solid him towards kind as a blowhard oligarch who makes crass jokes and appears satisfied he can “dig” his approach out of any scenario, even a self-imposed one. The humor on this trailer could be very odd: A few of this can be very broad (Cruise cracking clever in regards to the measurement of his manhood, or John Goodman’s president showing to be almost useless and needing to be smacked again to consciousness), whereas different elements are bizarrely particular (what the heck is up with that cat’s face?). Traditionally, Iñárritu has not been an particularly humorous filmmaker, so we’re very curious to see if his humorousness works higher in context than it does in remoted moments.
This looks as if Cruise’s most overtly political film in years: It seems to be partially about local weather change, and the way the gerontocracy tries to persuade a gullible populace to purchase into their sinister narratives. Iñárritu’s clearly not concerned with subtlety – we see a fighter jet drop a bomb that has “suck it, nature” written on the aspect immediately onto an iceberg. That makes us suppose we might be in for one thing much like “Do not Look Up,” Adam McKay’s divisive, bash-you-over-the-head political farce … however there’s additionally an opportunity this might find yourself nearer to “Dr. Strangelove,” a cathartic comedy that met its second and consequently went down in historical past.
We’ll discover out when “Digger” arrives in theaters on October 2, 2026.
