Good Movie in spite of Tom Cruise

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2009)

Had any SERIOUS actor chose to take on the lead role besides Tom Cruise, this would have been a flawless film. I'm not a Cruise-basher in any sense, but this was a film about a German character set in WWII. My disappointment stems from Cruise's decision not to even attempt a German accent which distracts from what this project COULD have become.
I tire of Tom Cruise promoting himself as an A-List Actor without demonstrating that he deserves to be there. How many accents have we heard Meryl Streep portray over the course of her career. Nearly every film that bears her name portrays new characters with new accents and even new body languages... the sign of a TRUE actor. Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Heath Ledger are included amongst the elite of the acting community... not through self proclamation, but through REAL talent.
The fact that Tom chose to pull a "Keanu Reeves" and just fake his way through this film... shows that maybe he needs to turn his attention toward sitting out on the sidewalk with the other Scientologist to sell their wares to the unsuspecting tourist of Hollywood Blvd.