Why put Tom Cruise into a film with real actors?

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2009)

OK, so the underlying plot was that a Yank did the decent thing on the Nazi side while the Yanks won the war on the other side - nothing changes with the Hollywood view!
It was all the fault of the Pom who didn't act quickly enough.
So far, so normal.
What were they playing at, though, putting Tom Cruise into a film while they employed some real actors? He's wooden enough in a dummy show, but it's quite painful seeing him alongside some genuinely excellent actors - what were they doing in a film like this, by the way??
There were some bad actors - the chap playing Hitler would have been out-acted if replaced by Miss Marple, but even he was head and shoulders above Tom. Cruise isn't just a bad actor, he's a table.