Knight and Day has been hyped as Tom Cruise's next big summer action tentpole, and judging from the number of people in my theatre it indeed will be exactly that, But where's the excitement of watching stunt after action filled stunt but leaving with a familiar taste in your mouth, almost as if you had seen those stunts done alot better in previous films. The stunts are pretty cool and some new stuff is accomplished but the spirit is the same as just about every other summer action tentpole.
Knight and Day is about rogue agent Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) and cute clutzy June Havens (Cameron Diaz) as she actidentally falls into his world and he finds himself charged with protecting her. As with every good film this one has a macguffin, and an interesting one at that. The story centers around the first ever perpetual energy battery, which Roy has sworn to keep out of the wrong hands.
Unlike other films, a good portion of the film is focused on this little beauty and the struggles that surround it, the romantic comedy aspect often taking a backseat to this other plotpoint. This felt new and interesting, but everytime I found myself getting interested in this other plot the film sticks its head back in to remind us that it is still a romantic comedy at heart. This is where the film ended up losing me. The charisma between the 2 leads felt forced and so I just didn't buy that this guy would find himself falling in love with this girl for absolutely no reason at all. Why would she kiss him on the plane when she just met him minutes ago? That's not how real love works movie, I'm sorry, but it's not.
Cameron Diaz was surprisingly loveable and was the character I found myself most attracted to, something that I did not see coming, especially since she had to share the screen with Tom Cruise. The fact of the matter was that I found her character slightly more balanced than Cruise's. His character is distractingly goofy at times, an aspect that I felt didn't fit in with his rogue agent persona and it brought back bad memories of him during the couch jumping days a few years back. It's true that Diaz is a bit whiny in the film, but she was still believable in her portrayal of the character, and by the end of the film Cruise had finally found the sweet spot for his character as well.
While Knight and Day is almost guarenteed to leave you with a "been there, seen that" feeling, it's still a perfectly innocent fun family film that, while ultimately forgettable, still has moments where it shines.
2.5/5 stars
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