Underplayed Gems

Oblivion (1994)

Oblivion poster
Directed by
Sam Irvin
Genre
science fiction film, science fiction comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A space sheriff's son protects a frontier town in the future from a lizard-like alien. It mixes sci-fi with old west tropes.

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What happens

Oblivion is a 1994 space Western film directed by Sam Irvin and written by Peter David from a story by Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, and Mark Goldstein. The film, starring Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Musetta Vander, Isaac Hayes and Meg Foster, follows a sheriff's son who defends a futuristic Western town from a reptilian alien. Despite negative reviews, a sequel, Oblivion 2: Backlash, was released in 1996. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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