Knight and Day

Plot synopsis:
Knight and Day follows the adventures of Roy Miller (Tom Cruise), a rogue spy, and June Havens (Cameron Diaz), a car restorer. We see Miller watching Havens, and he bumps into her a couple of times as they go through security at Wichita Airport. Havens is making her way back home to Boston from Wichita after picking up spare parts for her deceased father's classic GTO car, which she is restoring for her sister as a wedding gift. Even though she has a confirmed reservation for her flight, she is told at the gate that it is overbooked. Miller is able to board, whispers to her that she is better off taking the next flight. Unbeknownst to Havens, FBI Special Agent Fitzgerald (Peter Saarsgard) is monitoring Miller's movements and, believing she is working with Miller, puts her back on the flight list.On board the flight, Havens notices that there are only 4 or 5 other people present. She relaxes with a drink, and Miller chats about his dream of someday driving to Cape Horn while he checks out the other passengers. She is charmed, and goes to the restroom to freshen up. While she is occupied, Miller is attacked by the remaining passengers and crew. All are dispensed, including the pilots. After she emerges from the restroom Miller calmly informs her that everyone onboard is dead. Thinking that he is joking, Havens plays along until Miller enters the cockpit. In a spell of turbulence, she notices the dead bodies falling over in their seats, and spilling onto the aisle. Miller lands the plane on a highway, but skids off the end of the road into a corn field. Miller gives Havens a drink, and explains that she may be questioned by various officials. She is not to get in any vehicle with them, nor accompany them if they suggest taking her away to a "safe" place. Havens passes out due to a knock-out drug in the drink, but awakes at home amongst clues that Miller brought her there, ensuring her safety.Havens struggles through the day trying on bridesmaid dresses for her sister, April's (Maggie Grace) wedding. Talking over what to do with their dad's GTO car Havens is shocked to learn that April wants to sell it. She is lured out of the shop and is accosted by a group of intelligence agents who, with assurances that she will be safe, drive her away. She is shown some files pertaining to Miller, and is questioned by the agents to determine if she is working with him. Suddenly, Miller shows up, and with much shooting and acrobatics, "rescues" Havens.Havens doesn't know who or what to believe and flees to the firehall, where her former boyfriend, Rodney (Marc Blucas), works as a firefighter. Upon hearing her story he thinks she is merely stressed from the wedding, and takes her out for pie. While they are chatting, Miller arrives and kidnaps Havens. He handcuffs her and shoots Rodney in the leg, telling him this will all turn him into an overnight hero and virtually guarantee his desired promotion to lieutenant.Miller explains that Havens is safer with him; and Havens agrees to follow him as they go to pick up Simon Feck (Paul Dano), a genius inventor who created a perpetual energy battery called the Zephyr. Miller arrives at his safe house in New York City where he left Feck. He is missing, but has left clues that he can be found on a train in Austria. The two are immediately ambushed by men belonging to Antonio (Jordi Mollà), a Spanish arms dealer. After Miller again drugs Havens, she drifts in and out of consciousness between their capture and escape from Antonio's men. Miller brings her to an island that is off the grid, which he calls his home. After leaving Miller in frustration to wander the island, Havens notices a message on Miller's cell phone with a Boston address. While studying this, her cell phone rings, showing her sister's caller ID. In answering the phone, she accidentally leads Antonio's group to the hideaway. They try to kill Miller and Havens with a remote drone.Again knocking out Havens, Miller transports them to a train heading through the Alps. Havens awakes alone and, missing a message from Miller, leaves to get breakfast in the dining car where she encounters Danny (Rich Manley), a German assassin. When she looks at the message, she realizes that Feck is with Miller, and Danny is someone else. Using tricks learned from Miller, Havens manages to survive, and Danny is eventually knocked out of a window by Miller and presumedly killed by a train coming from the opposite direction.Miller puts Havens and Feck up in a hotel in Salzburg, and heads to a meeting with a mysterious beautiful woman. Havens follows him, and hears him make a deal to sell the Zepher to Antonio. Havens is picked up by the CIA and meets the director of counter-intel, who confirms that Miller is a rogue agent, and gives her a pen to signal them when she is with Miller and the Zepher. Miller meets her back at the hotel, and shows her the Zephyr, which is now showing signs of overheating. Havens uses a pen transmitter to notify the agents, but Miller escapes to the roof-tops. After leading the CIA agents on a chase, Miller is apparently shot and falls into a canal.Havens is sent home by the agents in time to stand at her sister's wedding. When Havens hears the song that Miller used as his ring-tone, she heads to the address she remembered from his iPhone. She meets the people at the address, and realizes that they are Miller's parents. She learns that Miller's real name is Matthew Knight. They believe their son, a former Army sergeant and Eagle Scout, is dead; but they are fabulously wealthy from winning lotteries and sweepstakes they don't remember entering.Havens leaves the Knights, and calls her own voice mail, leaving a message that she has the Zephyr. She is quickly captured by Antonio's men and taken back to Spain. She is drugged with truth serum, which makes her relaxed and happy. Antonio realizes that she doesn't have the Zephyr, and the only way he can get the device is to pay Fitzgerald who has kidnapped Feck. Miller has been following Feck using a tracking app on his iPhone, and stumbles upon Havens in the Spaniard's compound. Havens is rescued as she is being taken out for execution. They pursue Fitzgerald and Feck on a motorcycle, while eluding Antonio's men during the Running of the Bulls.Fitzgerald is able to escape in an amphibious plane with the now extremely hot Zephyr while Miller is grazed by a bullet as he saves Feck. Feck comments that the battery is unstable. As they watch the plane climb, the battery explodes, killing Fitzgerald.Miller collapses from the gunshot wound, but wakes in a hospital. He receives an apology from the Director (Viola Davis), who tells him that he routed out a corrupt team. He asks about Havens, and is told that she has returned home. He is warned that he can't be distracted, and must forget her to continue with his job. The Director also explains to Miller that the Agency will "Transfer you to a secure facility tomorrow, for your safety" using the same wording that he warned Havens about. As they leave, a nurse enters, and gives Miller his medication. Miller realizes that he's been drugged, but then sees that the nurse is Havens.Miller comes to in the rebuilt classic car that belonged to Havens' father. After he asks what day it is, Havens kisses him and says it's "someday." She drives off, traveling along a coastal road past a signpost for Cape Horn. The final scene shows Roy's mom telling her husband that they have just received two tickets to Cape Horn. Though she blames her husband for ordering them by mistake, she insists that they go.

Tags: comedy, boring, murder, stupid, violence, good versus evil, psychedelic, action, entertaining

Review:
It seemed that every time I was about to think "when's the next action scene" the movie would stop the thought with a well timed laugh or another action sequence making me never feel like I was waiting for the story or the action to resume.It was also refreshing to see Tom Cruise play a part that wasn't meant to be almost completely emotionally impotent.
We've seen it all before, but it worked pretty well then, and it works pretty well now.June Havens (Cameron Diaz) is an average perky blonde romantic comedy heroine who runs into the charming and mysterious Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) at the airport, and is sucked into a series of misadventures when Roy turns out to be a secret agent fighting rogue elements in his own agency .
His pacing is brisk and fun, and he stages some terrific action (including one sequence from Diaz' point of view that did feel genuinely new).Of course, this is a star vehicle, and whether you enjoy it will depend a lot on how you feel about Tom Cruise.
* Story has several twists and turns * Walks a fine line between comedy and action well (for the most part) * I never looked at my watch once and the film running time flew byThe Not So Good * CGI is weak and there is a lot of it * Can get a little campy from time to time * Predictable Overall this was quite entertaining.
Unlike most summer clunkers (there was some robot movie last year that was dismally pathetic, if only I remember the name) this one is forgivable for its flaws because of its style, loose direction, and freshness.Without revealing too much (trust me, predicting the movie from the trailer will do you no good), Knight and Day follows a secret agent (Tom Cruise) that accidentally involves a bystander (Cameron Diaz) in the middle of a crazy fight spanning multiple agencies and multiple countries.
Just like in Vanilla Sky (even if the editing and obscurity allowed the movie to collapse), Knight and Day is jump-started and propelled by Diaz and Cruise acting together.
With a budget of over $120 million, Knight and Day looks like an action movie that was running out of cash.The action that we do get to see is plentiful, and fun.
This movie is probably the most fun I've had in a while, and this is coming from a very harsh grader and someone that is let down very easily due to high expectations."Knight and Day" revolves around Cameron Diaz, who is boarding a plane to see her sister April get married.
Overall, "Knight and Day" is a great film because of its fresh script, great performances, amazing action, great comic timing, breathtaking cinematography, and a fascinating direction.
Overall, "Knight and Day" is a great film because of its fresh script, great performances, amazing action, great comic timing, breathtaking cinematography, and a fascinating direction.
Cameron Diaz, who I normally don't like very much - does a very good job in this movie and her chemistry with Cruise is spot on.This movie delivers a good script, beautiful locations, great acting and intense action.
The rapid fire banter between Cruise and Diaz would have been much more effective had it been well written.A quality action movie needs a real force coming from the bad guy.
There is so little feeling that I am wondering if Cruise and Diaz might in fact be robots programmed with the script.The action scenes (most of the film) are fairly good; hence the score of two but even the action has no hope of saving this piece of drivel.
It seemed like every time the action sequences threatened to get good they had to remind you just how silly and stupid this movie was required to be.
*** Some fairly grand scenery shots to take in (and as much money as was spent on this flick there should be).*** Not much on the romance front (with just a few script alterations Diaz' role could have been filled by Ben Stiller).For me this long film (2:00) turned into a real watch-checker without a plot to make me care about either the end of the movie or the characters.
I've never gotten what makes him a star but I have to say in this film Cruise is charming.Diaz is quirky and fun and when they do get a good scene together it works.
Knight and Day was one such film for me; in the back of my mind I was hoping that I could be pleasantly surprised, but unfortunately it turned out to be as horrendous as I first suspected, with lacklustre performances from actors past the peak of their careers.Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz star in this action comedy which fails miserably in both the action and comedy stakes.
Although they still have a great screen presence and a definite chemistry, Tom and Cameron have reached a new low with Knight and Day, its only appeal being the reunion of the two actors who must have a lack of good scripts being offered their way.Billed as a summer blockbuster, Knight and Day can not even be compared to other recent successful blockbusters such as Toy Story 3 and Inception, and doesn't even come close to the duff remake of The Karate Kid. If any other actors were in the main roles, this would be a complete failure at the box office and a film destined for the bargain bin.
Having just finished seeing it, though, I feel almost as though I should be reviewing two separate films.The first half of this movie promises a solid, fun experience due primarily to the banter between Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's characters.
It's these moments in particular that make the second half of this movie frustrating, and this is all on top of a story that ends up being not the least bit engaging.Even the action that actually is present in Knight and Day, though, is hit-or-miss.
However, as with every other aspect of the film, the action found in the second half isn't nearly as entertaining, and as often as John Powell's (the Bourne trilogy, Bolt) musical score attempts to liven the scene up, it all just feels like old hat.Knight and Day is a film that, despite its initial promise of a simple, fun action flick, takes a tremendous nose dive about mid-way through the experience.
June Havens'(Cameron Diaz) life turns upside down when she meets with secret agent Roy Miller(Tom Cruise) on her way to Boston.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have a great chemistry together and it feels like they really enjoyed being part of this film.
Despite the fact that the film's script went through as many as ten different writers, the final script, no doubt with the director James Mangold having a pretty big influence, is fun and entertaining, despite some typical tent-pole summer release plot contrivances (most notably a crass attempt at playing a plane crash for laughs, and silly plot twist at the end of the film that leads to a corny and stereotypical climax).These weaknesses are largely offset by fun performance of Tom Cruise, who is very good in the role of a darker, shiftier, wittier and a more morally ambiguous version of his Ethan Hunt persona from Mission Impossible.
The trajectory of her character in the film is far too obvious, but despite this there is a lot of fun to be had watching her get there, and the on screen chemistry between her and Cruise is charming and draws the audience along.The plot, as I have already mentioned is hardly original, but despite the aforementioned problems it is pretty impressive for one that has gone through a whole slew of writers.
Director James Mangold is the individual who deserves credit for fashioning the script into an entertaining and satisfying caper film, even if the fate of Peter Sarsgaard (the CIA/NSA type operative sent to apprehend/kill the Tom Cruise character, and who is pretty good in the role) is obvious almost within the first ten minutes of the movie.Action sequences are well handled, (kudos to second unit director Brian Smrz)and the digital visual effects are by and large pretty good, being handled by a variety of different companies.
The people who didn't like this film don't know how to appreciate a good movie that can make you laugh and entertain you.
All of the good work I did at the Y, destroyed in one beefy, cheesy swoop.Which brings us to Knight and Day, the Taco Bell 5-layer burrito of the 2010 summer movie season.Actually, the metaphor doesn't quite hold true — the 5-layer burrito is less than a buck, whereas you'll be paying around 10 bucks for this action comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
In fact, just about all of Knight and Day's charms come from the stars' interplay as Roy and June cruise along from one dangerous situation to another.And yes, "cruise along" is exactly what I mean — there's never the slightest sense of danger in the film, which apparently is exactly what director James Mangold was going for.If his name wasn't there on screen, you'd never guess Mangold helmed Knight and Day, which couldn't be further removed from his (far superior) other credits, which include 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line and Girl, Interrupted.It's hard to know whether Mangold or Patrick O'Neill's screenplay is to blame, but the flippant way Knight and Day handles its story — this is all just a video game, as grounded in reality as a Matrix film — wears out its welcome very quickly.One conceit that runs through the film has Roy drugging June whenever the action gets heavy.
It feels like a massive cheat, perhaps intended only to lower the budget.Cruise and Diaz's star power is enough to overcome that problem for much of the first half, but after that the wheels come off.Knight and Day subjects us to some of the thinnest supporting characters of any film this year — specifically, the agents heading up the charge to corral Miller.
Sure, there's a cute bit where Diaz gets to have fun with June being under the influence of truth serum (yeah, she gets drugged a lot, which is a bit creepy).But then we get the crappiest of Knight and Day's action pieces, a car/motorcycle chase through Spanish streets that happens to coincide with the running of the bulls.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz play the lead roles in this movie and you just can't really go wrong with those two.
I never cared much about Cameron Diaz' looks back in the days when she was the new hot star in Hollywood, around the time she did "The Mask" and "There's Something About Mary" but suddenly I'm now way more able to appreciate her looks and I'm even start to like her better as an actress as well.It's still kind of odd as to why all these big names, both in front and behind the camera, decided to sign on to this movie.
The action sequences are over the top, Diaz and Cruise look like they are having a blast the entire time, and the movie is somehow interesting despite the plot making no sense.
Not what you would expect from the normal Tom Cruise action flick and therefore why people didn't enjoy it that much.While there are a lot of names in this film, Cruise and Diaz are the main stars and everyone else seems virtually unimportant.
He did a fairly decent job with the film and really helped make sure Cruise and Diaz had fun with the film and looked good doing it.At the end of the day, I wouldn't say I loved "Knight and Day" but than again I don't usually love any action comedy.
Cameron Diaz is perfect for the role and Tom Cruise looked like he didn't age a day since the first M:I.
So they marketed it as a comedy, and now we as the audience can laugh with them instead of at them.If we weren't told that we should be laughing at all the common action turns and contrivances, then this is exactly the same as every other action flick hitting the theatres.Full of high speed car chases, machine gun shooting, plane crashes, helicopters, trains and everything else that moves at top velocity, and of course the model-like heroine, the hero with movie star good looks and chiseled abs, the genius scientist, and more bad guys that might be good guys than you could even count.
This mismatched spy guy meets funny girl was just tackled earlier this year in the Ashton Kutcher-Katherine Heigl film called "Killers." Of course, "Knight and Day" had the bigger stars and most probably a bigger budget.Tom Cruise plays Roy Miller, an ace but rogue government agent of questionable character.
My expectation for the film was low, so I earned a good time while watching it.June Haven (Cameron Diaz) was just heading back to her hometown for her sister's wedding, but somehow, she gets caught up with Roy Miller (Tom Cruise).
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are obviously having a blast, and anytime they are on screen, the movie's energy and fun level pegs the meter.
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are obviously having a blast, and anytime they are on screen, the movie's energy and fun level pegs the meter.
Kudos to the leads for not carrying the movie with their effervescent acting, but also for doing many of their own stunts.Tom Cruise and Cameron were good pair to be watched on screen.Tom was very good in all the action scenes.His approach to seduce the babe was pretty cool..
The movie has two highly bankable stars, a competent director in James Mangold, stellar action sequences, some laugh-out-loud funny moments of comic relief, cheesy romantic lovey-dovey stuff, and a genuine feeling that you didn't just waste 109 minutes of your life."Knight and Day" has a cookie-cutter plot that's second-rate when compared to the enthusiastic performances of its two hot leads and slam-bang action sequences and pacing.
"Knight and Day" was also hot on the heels of a similar-storied action-romantic comedy ("Killers" starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl) and while I know people flocked to see that movie in droves, this film was left out in the cold - shamefully, I might add, because this one is miles ahead of that picture.Part of the reason "Knight and Day" succeeds far ahead of "Killers" is because of the believable, electrifying chemistry between stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
Do dogs love bones?"Knight and Day" begins innocently enough but like Cruise's wild and unpredictable, nearly-invincible super-secret agent Roy Miller character, the movie goes ballistic once the action scenes begin.
If you are looking for a light combination of action, humor, story, and romance in a single movie, then you have to see "Knight and Day".
From the beginning to the end you have just to let yourself go with the brilliant tale.The performance of "Tom Cruise" and "Cameron Diaz" was astonishing, they were amazingly completing each other in almost all the actions, they just fit very well.Also a very good mark to the music, smooth, fashionable, and restful.Enjoy it.--http://theearthdiary.blogspot.com/.
However, I can't imagine this movie working with anyone other than Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
I truly hope to eventually see Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in a more intimate romantic comedy, as they are as inspired a pairing as Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.On it own merits, in addition to the charming leads and great stunts, "Knight and Day" boasts excellent sound and cinematography and good music.
In the action spy thriller, Knight and Day, June Havens (Cameron Diaz) bumps into a stranger, Roy Miller (Tom Cruise), in the airport while en route to her sister's wedding.
The perfect date movie - Cruise and Diaz make humorous action work!.
There are cool stunts, charming performances, and enough substance to deliver a fun time.This film is about how a "rogue" agent comes into the life of an ordinary working-class girl and changes her life completely around when they have hordes of people coming after them.Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz are certainly charming leads.
Just get some popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy 109 minutes of fun.One of the things I really like about this movie is that Tom and Cameron seem to be having a great time making this film.
It comes through on screen and translates well into the energy necessary to drive the movie.If you don't like Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz, do NOT see this film..
Both Tom Cruise and Cammeron Diaz are quite good in the film and they seem to be having a lot of fun.
When you first see the trailer you think "Great another cliché action comedy with big celebrities!" Nop, it is truly a very enjoyable movie to watch with clever humour, excellent action scenes with car chases and planes crashes.Tom Cruise is very cool and funny playing his part amazingly for his age.Cameron Diaz has aged but still looks amazing playing a naive single woman who wanted some excitement in her life and boy does Cruise deliver for her.The chemistry between them is much better than Vanilla Sky and it's a movie that you can watch more than once.
I had seen an interview with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise, while they were shooting this movie.
It works, mainly because Cruise is incredibly charismatic and truly, a movie star.As in most films trying to be everything at the same time, Knight and Day has an identity crisis.
One star for a couple of mildly amusing action or comic scenes, like Cameron Diaz asking Tom Cruise how come she is now wearing a bikini after been drugged.
Knight and Day is just that fresh summer time flick that doesn't overpower you with an incoherent or intricate plot but simply entertains you, providing that one element you need - Fun. James Mangold, of Walk The Line and 3:10 To Yuma fame, never made his film look like 'Inception' in the previews and therefore, you get what you expect.