Overrated Nonsense.

Rating: 1/10 (10 February 2008)

This is truly one of the most laughably awful films I've ever witnessed. I cannot fathom why anyone would take this movie seriously or enjoy it. I feel like I'm watching an offensively implausible puppet show, like Punch and Judy, only they puppeteers have no clue what they are doing or where the story is going.
Okay I don't have time to list all this film's crimes, so here's my biggest problem. Tom Cruise is supposed to be this really competent hit-man right? One of the best? Then why, WHY would he use a cab driven by a person he's never met before to travel between his hits??? He's a PRO Hit-man! He can afford a secure driver or wheel man or whatever! Why would he expect this stranger cabdriver to not sell his ass out to the police the second he gets a chance? It's like that show, stupidest criminals on tape! It's something the character Ricky in "Made" or Mr. Bean would do.
Also, as a hit-man, it would be in Tom's best interest to shoot Jamie Fox in the face the second he even mentions the word police. Instead, we're gonna discuss good and evil, right and wrong... ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!?? Since he doesn't shoot the cabbie, I can only assume Tom doesn't really care about his hit or not.
And then, to add insult to injury, Tom's final hit is, gasp!, Jamie's new hottie date? Perhaps people with down syndrome would accept this as a plausible outcome. I do not. No amount of cinematography, which is pleasing to the eye from moment to moment, could allow me to forgive it for having the stupidest set up I've seen in a long time.
Mann has made great films before, just not this time. Joel Schumacher grade schlock. Run away!