The Film: Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer re-heat Top Gun’s cock-measuring machismo by swapping planes for cars, but end up with a smoking wreck that hits the skids from the off.
It’s the usual formula of cocky talent straining against wise old mentor on the road to eventual and inevitable glory. Cobled together from bits and pieces of Cruise’s previous films (The Color Of Money’s old hand-young buck dynamic, Top Gun’s love-hate relationship with a rival), it’s a cynical cash-in at worst, and just plain dull at best. Not only that, it paired Cruise with future wife Nicole Kidman for the first time on screen, a creative partnership that would do neither career any favours.
Charm or Smarm? Cruise is all brash, winner-takes-all-swagger in this one. You’ll find yourself praying for a head-on collision…
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metalgatesolid
Aug 4th 2010, 9:40
Now im assuming this list is about the films he is the star of cause i think we can all agree he steals every scene he is in in Tropic Thunder.
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Hybrid
Aug 4th 2010, 13:35
@ 1: Agreed, but could be to do with how dreadful the rest of Tropic Thunder was.
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BobbyTwoTimes
Aug 4th 2010, 13:58
Cruise plays Hoffmans 'older' brother in Rain Man??! Is this correct cos Tom was 26 and Hoffman was 51!!! Surely Tom was meant to be playing the 'younger' brother - or is this just some crazy time-travelling plot hole that we've all been missing for the past 20 yrs??
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gonzoBen
Aug 4th 2010, 14:04
Tom Cruise is the most dangerous idea in the known universe.
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gwales
Aug 4th 2010, 16:28
BTT - Oops, duly ammended!
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MrScary
Aug 4th 2010, 18:42
Obviously George Wales has never eally watched All The Right Moves. Cruise's character is a high school football player trying to get a college scholarship. Had this article been a football game, Wales would be flagged for "Unsportsmanlike Stupidity".
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kaysad
Aug 4th 2010, 19:54
these days, it seems like someone (or something culty)has given Tom a lobotomy! Now he just makes films for image appeal. Time to go back to basics! and mayb buy a new brain
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scuzz80
Aug 4th 2010, 23:23
Am I the only person in the world, other the Neil Jordan, who thought Tom was great in Interview with the Vampire?
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Bex1310
Aug 5th 2010, 13:45
I agree with scuzz80 - he's great in Interview with a Vamp, and definitely steals the show in Tropic Thunder and, although not mentioned, I kinda liked War of the Worlds too...
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gregbreen1
Aug 5th 2010, 17:48
No mention of Interview with the vampire???
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