let me preface this by saying i don't get the allure of tom cruise

Rating: 2/10 (18 November 2000)

i'm a guy ,i think cruise is an enviably good looking, but i think i'm a good judge of charisma and tommy doesn't have any that i can see. i had to pay for two tom cruise movies this year(something i swore i'd NEVER do ) Eyes Wide Shut( i'm a big Kubrick fan, don't get me started, i don't know what happened there) and MI2. it appears the marketing and styling (production design) in this movie were agonized over to the point where MI2 has no teeth, it's like an action movie directed by a fashion designer stuck in the late 80's. i enjoy john woo's work so i'm blaming this on tommy. however when cruise takes the gloves off and really acts (MAGNOLIA) he's great. i don't get it.