I'd give this one a miss

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2011)

Nice premise but this film is so disappointing it's hard to even know where to start. The first twenty minutes are actually pretty good but from then on it just gets worse and worse until, eventually, it descends into nonsense. Cruise's ruthless and anonymous assassin suddenly becomes sloppy and very public when it fits in with the writer's wayward plot. He even takes time out from his hectic evening schedule to make a caring hospital visit. To say certain bits are unrealistic is an understatement. As a kid I probably would have really enjoyed this film, what with all the action. As an adult I just see the plot holes and unrealistic bits as plain frustrating. And the 15 minute 'wonder who's going to win' climax was always going to be predictable. Waste of time. Although Cruise was still very good.