What was that all about?

Rating: 1/10 (15 March 2014)

More of the same - a 'big' actor pandering to his own ego. Cruise has lost all sense of reality and its not surprising looking at his back catalogue. I have only seen him 'act' once - Born on the Fourth of July - where Oliver Stone got the best out of his limited talent. Here, Cruise produces his own wet dream - every woman fancies him and he beats up all the guys. Problem is he is supposed to be some special investigator, but spends his time fighting unnecessary battles with two-bit losers. But at least his performance in this nonsense is better than that given by Rosamund Pike, which is awful. But the blame for this rubbish must be shared by all involved - a Russian baddie (novel) who has eaten his own fingers (unnecessary) and lost his white cat. Finally, what was Robert Duvall thinking - surely he doesn't need the money that badly. Poor dialogue, lots of clichés, third rate car chases ....