Gun Play Hit and Miss!

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2007)

One of my biggest pet peeves in films is the gun play. With firearms training schools like Front Sight training actors for free, there is no excuse to get it wrong. Tom Cruise's performance in this regard is near perfect. Every motion is exactly as it should be. Smooth is fast, and he does it by the numbers. Perfect. Mark Ruffalo's performance, however, is pitiful. He is supposed to be a detective. Meaning he's spent years on the force and knows what not to do, if not what to do. Yet he walks around with his firearm in one hand, held sideways like a gangster. I don't care if he grew up on the streets; the academy would have broken him of this stupid habit. This is a cardinal sin amongst firearms professionals. The technical adviser did not earn his paycheck that day!