Been a few years since I last saw this and a few before that when I watched it at the cinema.
I won't retread old ground - or mention that Tom Cruise shouldn't play a 6ft 5 guy.
What struck me about this film on rewatch was twofold... That the music felt like a genuine 70s thriller. And that the approach of Cruise to this film felt like he was channeling Steve McQueen. I don't think either are accidental.
It's a well-made, interesting, gritty thriller. Not perfect but very solid.
(And as for that fight scene against multiple guys... It's more believable than it is unbelievable. I don't get all the negative attention to it. If you're going to call out the unbelievable angle, call out that line about 'drinking his blood from a boot'. That line stank.)
Shout by PorterUkVIP 5BlockedParent2021-05-31T21:35:29Z
Been a few years since I last saw this and a few before that when I watched it at the cinema.
I won't retread old ground - or mention that Tom Cruise shouldn't play a 6ft 5 guy.
What struck me about this film on rewatch was twofold... That the music felt like a genuine 70s thriller. And that the approach of Cruise to this film felt like he was channeling Steve McQueen. I don't think either are accidental.
It's a well-made, interesting, gritty thriller. Not perfect but very solid.
(And as for that fight scene against multiple guys... It's more believable than it is unbelievable. I don't get all the negative attention to it. If you're going to call out the unbelievable angle, call out that line about 'drinking his blood from a boot'. That line stank.)
7.75/10