Knight and Day

Running Time: 109 minutes.
Media: Blu-Ray

I took a look at Knight and Day on Blu-ray recently... and could not tear my eyes away from the screen. The one thing that stood out for me was the amount of non-stop action that occurred from beginning to end in between the few "quieter" moments within the film. This is what, in my personal opinion would have occurred if you took the elements of suspense and action in the three Mission: Impossible movies (not counting the most recent one, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, which I'll review in about a week's time after I've take the time to see it...) thrown in a bit of the kind of unexpected romance factor that you would have seen in films like Romancing the Stone or Jewel of the Nile and given it a good shake...

I wasn't disappointed. Despite the script having been re-written a number of times during its development, Knight and Day plays out so well I was glued to the seat. Cruise plays Roy Miller, a CIA agent, believed to have gone rogue; whose erratic behavior and almost outlandish cowboy nature makes car mechanic June Havens freak out as his involvement in her life has thrown it completely out of whack... Tom Cruise, having been previously categorized as a bit of a whack-job by the general public from around the time that he appeared on that episode of Oprah where he jumps on the couch; seems to have played on this publicity and kicked it into high gear by drawing upon this, as well as his roles as Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible movies and produced a character which is two parts James Bond to three parts sociopath and nine parts f[CENSORED]king hilarious.

Cameron Diaz shines as the slightly neurotic and radiant June, who ends up diving into the world of espionage like she's a natural... with a few hiccups along the way. I would love for there to be a sequel of this... But even if there wasn't, this film would still receive the 5 star rating I'm giving it now.