Can Tom Cruise still cut it in Hollywood? Unlike most, he’s had a very long career with big Box Office films…
June Havens (Cameron Diaz) is a sweet mid-western girl who repairs cars for a living. Except this weekend she’s going to her sister’s wedding in Boston when she happens upon Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) in an airport. Looking very Risky Business but behaving very Jerry Maguire charming, Roy ends up on the same flight. The flight that turns into Mission Impossible. And from that moment on, June does a lot of screaming and begging in what turns out to be a screwball action film with some very high, highs and very low, lows. But whether you’re unsure of your feelings for the film, you are sure that the Diaz’s character is the dumbest woman you’ve ever met. Cruise on the other hand, plays a character that projects patience despite all the surrounding mayhem, and even goes to great lengths to soothe her, which will make the film very sexually appealing to women. We all want a man who – after we say ‘you aren’t paying attention to me’ – comes at us for a big kiss despite dodging bullets. Cruise is an actor to be loved despite being wronged by Hollywood. He’s not in a cult, he’s not crazy nor does he have a secret gay life. Cruise acts on impulse and passion just as he does in this film. But that doesn’t make him a bad guy. The movie has the typical structure of hysterical girl and cool killer guy. True Lies or Romancing the Stone are some similar movies that come to mind. Or more recently, Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl in Killers the better of the two summer films. Two tiaras