Tom Cruise plays oil tycoon triggering Greenland methane disaster in Iñárritus satire Digger

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new film *Digger* stars Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an oil magnate whose relentless drilling triggers a global catastrophe. The film, a satire co-produced by the U.S., Mexico, and the U.K., depicts Rockwell’s role in a methane explosion that devastates Greenland, unleashing a massive ice sheet toward Europe and accelerating climate collapse .
Rockwell, portrayed by Cruise in heavy prosthetics, is a Texas-accented tycoon who dismisses warnings about a glacial fissure under his Greenland rig, insisting scientists adjust their data to his terms. His company extracts 1 million barrels daily in Alaska, demanding ever-higher profits while ignoring environmental risks . The narrative follows his desperate attempt to contain the disaster he caused, set in a stylized art deco world of war rooms and trophy walls .
The film’s plot is shrouded in secrecy, with critics barred from revealing key twists. Early scenes feature absurd humor—Rockwell feeding his incontinent cat with his fingernail, a U.S. president clutching his anus in pain—but the tone shifts abruptly with a late reveal that recontextualizes the story . Iñárritu, known for non-linear storytelling, frames *Digger* as a self-referential critique of satire itself, questioning its potency in an era where political absurdity often outpaces fiction .
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