Highly implausible sci-fi melodrama

Rating: 1/10 (22 July 2005)

The plot of the movie is extremely weak. Movies starring Tom Cruise sometimes tend to exaggerate his potential as an action star. Sadly, the apocalyptic atmosphere of this story is tainted by the completely unbelievable scenes in which Mr. Cruise miraculously escapes from the dead while everybody else dies. The last scene (which I won't describe but if you watched the movie you know what I'm talking about) is one of the most implausible endings for a movie that I have seen in a really long time. With a theme so rich and profound as the one that is the background for this story, Spielberg disappointed me by sticking to the most simplistic Hollywood recipe for a movie: cheesy scenes with boring melodrama which are supposed to be touching (the type of style that you can find in Titanic, only less effective). One last comment: the ending is totally anti-climatic. We all know what the ending is from the book, but it seems like Mr. Spielberg ran out of time to film the movie and just wrapped up the last 10 minutes on the last shooting day. A shame, really. I think Tom Cruise had a better chance to show that he can act on Collateral. As for Spielberg... man, not a single decent adventure movie since the early 80s. He should really stick to drama, which is what nowadays he seems to do... at least, better.