Tom Cruise stars in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new climate satire film Digger

The film features a Texas oil magnate

The character is named Digger Rockwell and works at a drilling station in the frozen Arctic. Cruise portrays an ageing Texan who uses a shovel his grandfather used to make points.

Critics describe the movie as shallow satire

Reviewers from multiple outlets call the film exasperatingly shallow and laborious. They note that the project relies on dreamlike images created by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki.

The production includes Riz Ahmed in the cast

Riz Ahmed plays the chief scientist Ganesh who informs the tycoon about developing troubles. The film runs for two hours and nine minutes with an R rating.