An intriguing, philosophical thriller

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2006)

A nihilistic yet intelligent assassin meets a good-natured cab driver who lives in a world of denial. What follows is a look at how people affect the world and each other. There are so many brilliant exchanges of dialogue concerning these subjects that really bring some much needed food for thought during these intellectually vapid times. Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx offer vivid performances as two flawed characters who form the strangest of bonds. The action is so cool especially the scene at Club Fever and the brief confrontation with the two alley thugs. Tom Cruise is bad-ass without even trying; that is a man who is lost in his work. If there is only one Tom Cruise fill you should see for the rest of your life, this is it.