if Tom Cruise could drop his Ego he might just make a great movie..

Rating: 6/10 (5 May 2006)

for the first 3/4's this movie hardly takes its foot of the pedal, and its a real thrill ride. highly watchable as well mostly because cruise is working within a unit with other good quality actors contributing
such a pity then that the movies latter quarter is your standard cruise ego ride... this is how fast i can run, this is how far i can jump, watch how many of my own stunts i do, look how fabulous i look for my age, look how loving i am, look how nice my teeth are, bring me back to life because i'm just so so *fabulous*!
if tom cruise could have the ability to drop his ego, fund a movie stand back and allow other actors to take the limelight then maybe he could be part of a really great film
he almost does it here, but does not succeed
what tom cruise needs to understand is that he is not liked among certain quarters. thus an overly long and quiet scene with him being brought back to life, and an extremely cheesy love line just prior to that, are just not going to hit the spot. i could feel the irritation in the audience i was in
nevertheless he throws in a good performance, and overall i do like the guy. top marks to Philip Seymour Hoffman, he is extremely menacing and intimidating in this movie. also Jonathan Rhys Meyers is brilliant and confidently understated, as usual
if both of these characters had been given a little more airplay this movie could have been fantastic rather than just good