Lots of action!

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2020)

This remake of the 50's classic is rip roaring entertainment! The movie starts of innocuously enough with Cruise portraying a divorced Long Shoreman. It's clear early on that his two children endure visitation solely because of the custody agreement. The house is a wreck and there's no food in the fridge. Additionally, his ex wife is pregnant and remarried to an affluent yuppie who seems to have to have won the kids over with his permissiveness. The kids are left with him for a weekend visit. What I liked most about this movie is that is didn't take long for all hell to break loose. The special effects are jaw dropping and you are frightened for the characters. What I disliked most were the kids. Never have I wished more for movie characters to get devoured! They are obnoxious and totally annoying (I get it, they're scarred by divorce and their Dad's indifference (they also call him RayðŸ™„). Some of it is extremely implausible, but entertaining nonetheless. I enjoyed it.