Excellent new twist remake of a classic

Rating: 8/10 (24 October 2017)

I saw this again the other day, having not seen it for a few years. I remember taking my then-teenage daughter to the theater: she had never seen the original, and she was blown away by the conclusion!
I was skeptical, at first, the original was SO good, but Tom Cruise, who I am about 50/50 for "liking" in anything ("Risky Business" was great, who talked him into "Legend" or "Vanilla Sky", I thought I was going to wet my pants laughing at "Knight and Day", I loved "Rain Man", MI has been tried and true..., etc.) was perfect for the part of an average guy caught up in something he was so shocked to experience.
I loved the camera crew, they were fantastic! Such a quick moment with them, and they chewed up their little scene with reality! Dakota Fanning was everything she could be, tense, ethereal, stunned and yet smart, depending on her father, trusting him to protect her as best he could.
The final moments were stunning, just as they had been the first time I saw the original, just as they had been in 2005 when I saw this version.