ok so it was a couple summers ago, but just caught it on HBO in my Bali hotel room. Mindless fun and action. Don’t really like Tom Cruise, but this is fun. I rate 3 of 5 stars.

Okay, Tom Cruise is awful, the plot is predictable, the whole movie follows the same pattern as every other “summer block buster” suspense action movie.

But was it worth the time I spent watching it, knitting, munching on popcorn and laughing at the really awful lines and Cruise’s expressions (as well as my inability to imagine any chemistry between him and his wife)? Yeah, it was.

Quite frankly, this film was rubbish. Tom Cruise is annoying, and a bad actor. And as if that’s not bad enough, the plot isn’t remotely believeable (the ending is the worst part).

On the other hand, my 10 year old brother adored it, and spent the next few months running round the house like a madman pretending to be a secret agent! But then his idea of a good film is anything with guns in it…