Knight and Day
Director : James Mangold.
OK now. This movie was meant to be Cruise's comeback vehicle. For all I know, he can just cruise back to where ever he was before he signed this film, because this film achieves absolute nonsense.
Simply put, Knight and Day is a purrfect example of regressive cinema, where a simplistic plot is blown out of proportion with some big name casting. Sorry guys, doesn't work anymore.
(There's a reason why the actors aren't given in the poster themselves)
Now who'd like to watch a soooper aged Tom Cruise chasing a wrinkled Diaz?? Wouldn't we all just want to stick to the MI's and the Charlie's Angels and keep that memory of seeing the then-young-things sizzle the screen?? Tom and Diaz seem hell bent to redefine themselves, and this movie is what we get, the redefinition gone ALL wrong.
So the story is about this spy agent ,Roy (Tom) who's invented this battery that never fizzes out. Obviously all sorts of people are behind it, the Government, ammunition dealers etc etc..and our man has to find a way to help it get on a plane to Boston. In comes a blonde, June (Cameron) who happens to meet Roy at the airport and he uses her as a carrier of his never-ending battery. Then on, the story just goes on and on about how the "awesome-twosome" (lol!) wriggle out of seemingly impossible situations and (i will shoot you if you ask a prize for guessing) finally end up together.
The plague that Knight and Day suffers from is it is too darned formulaic to be taken seriously. The movie is filled with sequences that you have seen in countless films of the past, not to mention the shamelessly cliched route the film takes to reach it’s 'oh, so the movie's done?' ending. The film has absolutely nothing new to offer, except of course for seeing old farts Tom and Diaz run around trying to fit into the scenes. Another major setback of the film is the lack of any connection with the characters. You couldn't care less if Roy is blown into pieces or June is shot a million times. There is no feeling for the characters at any level whatsoever.
There is nothing much that one can talk about the direction. The look of the movie does appeal at first, with all the brightness in the set up and the shifting action from America to an island to Europe, but it does very little to help the movie. It still sucks.
Which brings us to the cast. The less said the better. Tons of make-up still can't hide those ageing lines and that pimple that just stands out on Tom's face. Though he does revive subtle dozes of the charm he was famous for, it is too little and too washed up. Cameron still has a 'to-die-for' body, but she manages to look ugly with the clothes on. Together, there is little or no chemistry between the two ageing stars and this movie is reason enough for them to realize that a familiar name may ring a bell, but sadly doesn't sell.
The movie fails to prove itself either as an action movie, or the bits and parts of intended rom-com. A complete waste of time and money, this can be best seen on a DVD at home when you have absolutely nothing else to do.
I'm going with a 2/5 for Knight and Day. See it out of complete boredom.
OK now. This movie was meant to be Cruise's comeback vehicle. For all I know, he can just cruise back to where ever he was before he signed this film, because this film achieves absolute nonsense.
Simply put, Knight and Day is a purrfect example of regressive cinema, where a simplistic plot is blown out of proportion with some big name casting. Sorry guys, doesn't work anymore.
(There's a reason why the actors aren't given in the poster themselves)
Now who'd like to watch a soooper aged Tom Cruise chasing a wrinkled Diaz?? Wouldn't we all just want to stick to the MI's and the Charlie's Angels and keep that memory of seeing the then-young-things sizzle the screen?? Tom and Diaz seem hell bent to redefine themselves, and this movie is what we get, the redefinition gone ALL wrong.
So the story is about this spy agent ,Roy (Tom) who's invented this battery that never fizzes out. Obviously all sorts of people are behind it, the Government, ammunition dealers etc etc..and our man has to find a way to help it get on a plane to Boston. In comes a blonde, June (Cameron) who happens to meet Roy at the airport and he uses her as a carrier of his never-ending battery. Then on, the story just goes on and on about how the "awesome-twosome" (lol!) wriggle out of seemingly impossible situations and (i will shoot you if you ask a prize for guessing) finally end up together.
The plague that Knight and Day suffers from is it is too darned formulaic to be taken seriously. The movie is filled with sequences that you have seen in countless films of the past, not to mention the shamelessly cliched route the film takes to reach it’s 'oh, so the movie's done?' ending. The film has absolutely nothing new to offer, except of course for seeing old farts Tom and Diaz run around trying to fit into the scenes. Another major setback of the film is the lack of any connection with the characters. You couldn't care less if Roy is blown into pieces or June is shot a million times. There is no feeling for the characters at any level whatsoever.
There is nothing much that one can talk about the direction. The look of the movie does appeal at first, with all the brightness in the set up and the shifting action from America to an island to Europe, but it does very little to help the movie. It still sucks.
Which brings us to the cast. The less said the better. Tons of make-up still can't hide those ageing lines and that pimple that just stands out on Tom's face. Though he does revive subtle dozes of the charm he was famous for, it is too little and too washed up. Cameron still has a 'to-die-for' body, but she manages to look ugly with the clothes on. Together, there is little or no chemistry between the two ageing stars and this movie is reason enough for them to realize that a familiar name may ring a bell, but sadly doesn't sell.
The movie fails to prove itself either as an action movie, or the bits and parts of intended rom-com. A complete waste of time and money, this can be best seen on a DVD at home when you have absolutely nothing else to do.
I'm going with a 2/5 for Knight and Day. See it out of complete boredom.
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