Two things this movie has in common with the book

Rating: 1/10 (15 July 2005)

It is easy to write a bad review. You can figure the two commonalities without much thought.
This movie is just plain bad. If it were't for the effects (no point in calling them special since such computer generated effects have become commonplace) there would be a boring story about a crappy dad trying to get his children back too their mother so he can prove he is not a crappy dad.
Tom Cruise shows a depth of emotion that would not even fill a petri dish. From the beginning of the picture we are greeted to a character that is not likable, if this is by design or by poor direction it is unclear. He is a selfish jerk and he becomes a whiny jerk.
The movie is void of drama. How is it that a movie with this budget could not even fake dramatic tension. there are scenes which you know something is gonna happen, but you don;t care. You know how it is gonna end. You don't care for any character or what happens to them. Not even the kids. Kids?! How can a director make you not care about kids? The ending is sentimental and contrived.
It is just plain awful.
Unless of course you just like to see stuff blow up and find yourself laughing at what is little more than a hack job of storying telling... then just maybe.