dePalma save this movie, not Tom Cruise

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2020)

Most user reviews say that Tom Cruise saved the movie, however I think Brian dePalma is the one who deserves all the credit, the style of the filmmaker makes this movie does not fall into cliches of action movies, there are some that other scenes full of cliches of spy movies like the initial scene but technically no movie of this genre has such a good direction as this movie, dePalma creates sequences that remind the thriller master Hitchcock, and thanks to this the movie has some scenes that overflow the suspense and intrigue, but as I said before it is thanks to the skills of dePalma and his stimulation of our perception with dynamic shots that disturb our senses.
The story is difficult to follow with the naked eye, however the more you think it is the less complicated it is, I guess I only have to see it one more time to get some details to overlook. The film's title is true to its history, totally impossible, 100% of the action scenes are impossible to perform in reality, I read in the book by Robert McKee about the script that all films must comply with the rules of their own established universe, this movie is set in a universe where these things are possible so I don't see any problem there, the biggest problem of the movie is that the scenes of the movie without action are empty, there is no interesting story to tell and it seems impatient to jump to the next sequence of action so that the film entertains us again.