‘Digger’ and ‘The Social Reckoning’ Have the Same Problem, But Only One Is a Good Movie

At first glance, it’s hard to see how Digger and The Social Reckoning could have much in common. One is a movie about an ambitious, egotistical man of wealth who delivers incalculable horrors that threaten to destroy humanity. And the other stars Tom Cruise.

But the one thing that really links these two movies is a question of stakes. At some point during each movie, I found myself asking, “Why do I care?” Watching Digger, I cared deeply by the…