A two-hour commercial! - 6 of 10

Rating: 6/10 (9 July 2002)

Did anyone else get annoyed at the amount of commercials that are in the future? This, to me, was one of the big problems with the film. I felt sold out to a two hour Pepsi commercial. I get sick of it in real life, and I will not tolerate it in film. That said, the rest was not bad. But it wasn't fantastic, either. The special effects were well done, but not awe inspiring. The dialogue was nothing that moved me. The acting was solid and Tom Cruise did well, but the plot was quite plain and predictable. I really expected more from those involved with this film, but maybe this is the tripe that most mainstream moviegoers eat up. Eck. How it can rate in the top 100 movies on IMDB, I'll never know as I can think of at least 200 better movies. But Spiderman did the same before it deservedly fell further back. Please, people, expect more. I can only give it a 6.