Lately, I've been going back to watch big blockbuster action films I skipped when they originally came out and this Tom Cruise / Cameron Diaz action comedy was one of them. I skipped this because Tom Cruise seriously bugs me, even though I usually enjoy his movies despite him. In this film, Cameron Diaz plays a regular gal who gets mixed up with disavowed secret agent Tom and comedy ensures ALA BIRD ON A WIRE or MR. AND MRS. SMITH. Cruise's secret agent is similar to Peter Falk's character in THE IN-LAWS, where you weren't sure if he was telling the truth or just full of it. Directed by James Mangold, who'd previously made the excellent COP LAND and WALK THE LINE, and who would later go on to direct LOGAN and FORD V FERRARI, so we're in good hands, though the script doesn't offer much in terms of character or story and it mostly just goofy action. Overall, it's not bad, but it's certainly not a film I'll ever feel the need to revisit.
Review of Knight and Day
