Why is everyone that praises this movie called 'Demon' something?
Anyway, saying that Cruise gave a great performance is not saying much, because he has given great performances QUITE a lot, so it's basically normal for him to do that. That alone does not make a movie great.
This movie does not have much humor, the action is pretty unbelievable and nonsensical, the shaky camera makes it nauseous to watch, and the story is as thin as it gets. It's your usual druglord trope of smuggling, flying, getting in trouble with FBI and being released and whatnot.
The real story is so much more interesting, after reading that, watching this movie was very lackluster.
Anyone that praises this movie the way the original poster demon does, obviously has not seen many movies, whether it's Tom Cruise movies, courtroom dramas, action movies, historical movies, comedy movies (humor?? Where is the humor??), or even old Miami Vice episodes.
I have seen more suspense, humor, drama, drug trafficking excitement, undercover thriller stuff and even poignant philosophy about life-changes changing a man in Miami Vice in the 1980s than anything this movie offers even remotely.
This movie comes off as a below-mediocre Miami Vice episode, but not as good, and when you compare its parts to other movies, you realize you have seen it ALL done much better in other movies, whether it's the flying sequences, the FBI/CIA sequences, the overall story, historical stuff (even The Last Samurai is better), philosophy, moral dilemmas, life choices and so on...
There's SO much depth elsewhere that this movie should have offered, but doesn't.
Then all these 'demons' praise it for some reason... could it be because they want people to start believing the emperor has beautiful clothes? Because that is exactly what the original post in this thread is - exactly.
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