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‘Digger’ Review

by Sonny Bunch

Published 2026-09-29 16:03:10+00:00

What happens when a wildly ambitious climate parable rests entirely on the sheer energy of its star?

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Context

When critics sat down to watch Digger, they had to sign away their right to talk about the plot. Writing in The Bulwark on 29 September 2026, the reviewer finds a strange tension at the center of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's secretive new film. The movie is a heavy-handed climate parable, weighed down by a blunt message about a dying planet. Yet it is somehow held together by Tom Cruise playing a manic oil tycoon. The question here is what happens when an ambitious cinematic failure collides with an undeniable performance from a legendary star.

Show notes

A review of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's new film Digger, an apocalyptic climate-change parable starring Tom Cruise as a negligent oil tycoon. The critique evaluates the film's environmental messaging and unusual narrative structure, comparing its literal approach to Don't Look Up. It concludes that while the ambitious plot ultimately falls short, Cruise's energetic performance anchors the movie.

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