Digger Movie Review: Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s $180 Million Gamble Is Bold, Bloated, and Impossible to Ignore

Oil tycoon silhouette overlooking oil derricks at dusk, evoking Digger (2026)

Verdict: A gloriously self-indulgent auteur satire that dares you to hate it — and almost gets away with it. ★★★☆☆ There was a brief moment, sometime before the reviews landed, when Digger looked like the most important film of the autumn. Tom Cruise, unrecognisable and unleashed, under the direction of a two-time Oscar winner, taking … Read more