1/2 cruise, 1/2 woo. so it's 1/2 a good movie....

Rating: Null/10 (30 November 2000)

too much cruise, not enough woo! or is it too much woo in a tom cruise film!?!?
if it had been a woo film complete with chow yun-fat as the lead, set in n.y or hong kong, more personal vendetta; it would have been much better. i love the stylings of john woo and you can see the woo trademark moves and motivations (slo-mo fight scenes and true love). this was mission:impossible meets the killer - they shouldn't have been introduced.
this was a good tom cruise vehicle and he really got to push the limits of his tough-guys status (hoping to replace the cocky-cute-guy thing, i hope). he's growing into the action hero very well. i like his films now better than the early flicks. now if this was a mission:impossible film rather that a woo film with tom cruise in it, i think it would gave gone over better that way, too.
it's just that the mix of the genres and ideas for the film was obviously oil and water. woo had his ideas and cruise had his (mainly showing off his weathered good looks in close-up after close-up). it should have been two different films, but since they weren't; enjoy the woo film first, and if your interested after that, then go back and watch tom cruise pose...