Boring, Loud & Silly

Rating: 1/10 (23 March 2006)

Childish presentation, boring in parts, very silly overall, noisy irritating soundtrack, unnecessarily long scenes, strange direction techniques, very few real thrills, a lot of hype -- and I never realized what an ENORMOUS nose Tom Cruise has! Maybe that's why one of the female leads also has a giant schnozzle! The film was a gross disappointment, though I guess die-hard Cruise fans will eat it up. Any comparison between this effort and the TV series is virtually pointless, as the TV shows were fast, exciting, clever, superbly-directed, full of suspense, with a lot of sharp dialogue, and actors who were true craftsmen. Sorry, but this flick is a real bummer!