Thursday, July 15, 2010

Knight & Day, 2010 (Grade C+)

Director: James Mangold
Cast: Tom Cruise; Cameron Diaz; Peter Sarsgaard; Jordi Molla; Viola Davis; Paul Dano; Falk Hentschel; Marc Blucas; Lennie Loftin; Maggie Grace Dale Dye

sez says: Knight and Day was really fun. Tom Cruise plays a boy scout (or is that an Eagle Scout) super hero. He is polite and honest and loyal and true, and infallible -- and Carmen Diaz gets to show her stuff as a first rate comedian.  She plays the tom-boy / woman car mechanic, in boots and a party dress.  The story is predictable and it is not what you are going to enjoy.  We have all seen this story dozens of times in various guises. There are really good guys and really bad guys. And there is never any question about who is who.  The point of the movie is the romp of getting from start to finish --with lots of  fun banter-dialogue and some laugh out loud moments. This may not be art--but it is fun. Grade C+