Digger review: Tom Cruise stars in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s dark climate comedy
Climate disaster film tracks an oil magnate's scramble after Greenland collapses Tom Cruise leads a sharp satire on wealth, denial, and collapse—see why it divides.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new film centers on Digger Rockwell, an oil magnate whose decisions help trigger a climate disaster in Greenland. The story follows his frantic attempt to manage the fallout as governments, scientists, and workers react to the widening crisis.
CBC reviewer Jackson Weaver says Tom Cruise gives a strong performance, but the film’s unusual structure and selfaware style may divide audiences. The review describes the movie as a dark, satirical take on wealth, denial, and environmental collapse.
The film also features Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, and Jesse Plemons, and continues Iñárritu’s interest in ego, legacy, and moral reckoning. According to the review, the movie asks whether watching stories about catastrophe is enough when the realworld problem remains unresolved.