Digger might just be the year's best film - if you trust the process
The film 'Digger', directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise, is a satirical take on climate change and corporate greed. The movie features a complex narrative structure that challenges the audience's expectations.
Why it matters
The film represents a high-profile collaboration between a critically acclaimed director and a major Hollywood star, focusing on topical environmental themes.
Digger (Tom Cruise) and Dr Ganesh (Riz Ahmed) face a catastrophe of their own creation. ( Supplied: Warner Bros )
Link copied Share Share article Digger Rockwell (Tom Cruise) is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
His beloved cat Maggie is sick with one or two paws already over death's threshold. Calls for meetings are coming in thick and fast — and just seconds after the Southern US oil magnate manages to change out of his cat-pee-soaked silk pyjamas, a representative from his oil rig in Greenland breathlessly informs him that what was a tiny crack in the ice shelf they're drilling is now a gigantic split.
What : Birdman director Alejandro G Iñárritu's audacious return to cinema with Tom Cruise as his lead clown.
Starring : Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Huller, Emma D'Arcy, Jesse Plemons.
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