Backed by a reported budget of $130 million and an advertising blitz, the dark comedy from multi-Oscar-winning Mexican auteur Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu hits screens from Wednesday.
Taking a break from his usual action movie roles, Cruise is barely recognisable as a mining and oil magnate facing an environmental crisis -- with the original screenplay seeing him wrestle with his own conscience and critics of his wealth and business.
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