The Cruze Is The The Real Action Man Movie Star

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2015)

At 131 minutes the movie does not always command the attention for it's length, stopping for breath is one thing but to deliver long text laden speech's to propel and explain the plot is quiet another. The over complicated plot apart it must be said that the action and suspense sequences are right up there with the very best of the series to date. The stand out is off coarse the scene from the trailer with the Cruze tied onto the ribs of a Airbus 400M that captures action from the ground to 5000 feet without a stunt double, you have to be impressed by what the little fellow will take on. The diving scenes where the Cruze holds his breath like forever with several close up's shows little sign of any faking only smart editing. What i did really like about this movie was the absolute lack of computer assisted effect's,the motor bike chase was brilliantly handled as was the car chase now i don't believe for a moment that the Cruze does all his own stunt's but he certainly does put the word action into the term action star.So how does the cast do, well i'm never impressed by Alec Baldwin regardless of how many shouting roles he get's and he get's a load's so i will move on. Sean Harris unknown to me i don't watch television does a terrific turn as a most loathsome villain both creepy and snake like. Jeremy Renner and Ving Rhames do what they can in shallow roles,Simon Mcburney is very well cast. Simon Pegg carries whole chunk's of the movie as the side kick, being left to do whole segments that require a comic diversion which he does with some aplomb. Rebecca Ferguson is very impressive as both the female eye candy and as a foil for Tom Cruze.she is also completely convincing in her many action scenes that adorn the film. And so to the Cruze himself the pint size buzz bomb of a movie star in the way stars of Hollywood's golden era were when a man really was a man, think John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable and Cary Grant rolled into one, its the eyes that have it, he just loves the camera in fact he east's it up and i will hand it to him he sell's this picture long and true, MI5 call it what you will it is a tasty action "extraverganzer" but Tom Cruzes movie all the way!