DIGGER Is Not The Movie You Think It Is

DIGGER might be the most divisive movie of 2026. Alejandro González Iñárritu teams up with Tom Cruise for one of the strangest big-budget studio movies I’ve seen in a while. Based on the trailers, I expected an over-the-top political satire about a Texas oil billionaire accidentally creating an environmental catastrophe. And for about 30 minutes, that’s exactly what the movie is. Then everything changes. In this spoiler-filled review, I talk about the massive twist the marketing completely hid, Tom Cruise stepping outside his usual action-hero persona, Riz Ahmed stealing the movie, Emmanuel Lubezki’s cinematography, and why Iñárritu’s ambitious ideas eventually started to lose me. Is DIGGER an ambitious must-see, a complete disaster, or something somewhere in between? If you’ve seen the movie, please share your thoughts in the comments, and thank you for watching! ⚠️ FULL SPOILERS for DIGGER. #Digger #TomCruise #AlejandroGonzalezInarritu #MovieReview #FilmReview #Cinema #Movies2026