Tom Cruise is the Mary Lou Retton of action heroes

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2000)

Tom Cruise is the Mary Lou Retton of action heroes in this big, dumb, loud movie. When attacked by a bad guy with a gun, Tom will throw himself into a forward flip, kick the guy in the head and then toss a grenade at him for good measure. In the climactic showdown with his nemesis, Tom does furious cartwheels, hurling himself as much at the ground as at his opponent. But on the Pert-Plus side, there are many, many slow-motion shots of Tom's notoriously limp hair snapping back into place after a particularly ferocious round-off. I can only hope that the next sequel concludes with a violent and prolonged confrontation on the uneven bars.