Impossible plot twists with a linear poorly edited plot

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2007)

When this movie tries to impress you with its' slickness it fails by not being that slick. When it tries to impress you with the action, there simply isn't enough suspense or realism to engage you. This is watchable from start to finish unless you utterly hate Tom Cruise and can't stand his image on the screen.
I found Tom to be unconvincing in his role as a super agent. He looked more like he should be handing out towels to old men for tips in a gay bath house in san francisco somewhere, not heading up a special black ops unit. He is about as convincing as Colin Ferrel when he tried to be a tough guy in swat. Another lip gloss moment in both of these pretty boy's careers- they simply are not convincing when they play the role of a man.
The story was kind of interesting as a kernel of a story- but not enough details to the story- no real character development. This movie relied on improbable eye candy whenever there is no plot or the plot has spun out of control into comic book land impossibility- in order to distract you from obvious inconsistencies.
This movie is a result of poor casting, bad editing, Tom Cruise not studying for his role in playing a man, and Hollywood coke heads coming up with the plot twists. I could see what is was stabbing for- but it was doing so with a limp noodle.
This whole thing is watchable if you don't play close attention. If you try to follow the plot, you will notice that it's kind of slow in developing. In fact- the entire premise of the movie could have been a 45 second intro to open the real plot- you know.. the one that took some skill to write.
PLOT: International arms dealer and all around annoying rich guy must be stopped by Tom Cruise- however his highly trained team of special ops guys blew his cover in a totally unrealistic plot twist so now he is the target!
Add missiles, and a anemic Asian girl in a dress that needs a sandwich badly- and you have the rest of the movie.