http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229238/
This movie just sucks. It's entertaining, though. I'll explain both sides.
It sucks because it's poorly written, all over the place, and very big-budget-y. The story starts and unravels way too fast. I.E., in the beginning, someone got shot by some lady who then proceeded to take the dead dude's briefcase. Then, they were like, OH NO, NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODES HAVE BEEN STOLEN! It ain't bad, but they play it up to be something very different, and thus it's just thrown in your face. The entire thing was easy enough to follow, but there were plenty of holes and one could only kinda put together the storyline at any one time. It was always OH, TOM CRUISE IS GETTING BEAT UP (I'll get to that in a moment). And that's another thing. Tom Cruise's mug was everywhere, mostly because someone (him) thought it would be a good idea to use him as a protagonist. He's just got the kind of actor's face that is so self-righteous and uppity that it fails to be a character so much as an actor off-handedly pretending to be the character... If that makes any sense. You just kinda want to slap him... Which actually works well for the film.
So, why is it entertaining? Plenty of little comedic bits, and it's... well... entertaining. Not brilliant, but lots of action and interesting circumstances. However, the thing that tops it off is the absolute abuse Tom Cruise suffers. Basically, the idea is he's supposed to be a ninja, but that doesn't quite work, so he just falls and hits his head a lot. Honestly, it's probably a stunt double taking the hits, but the idea that Tom Cruise is getting dragged around, clothes-lined by window frames, and blown up is amusing. He also tends to walk around in a tight-fitting hoodie and some odd pair of pants, which are supposed to make him look sly, smooth, and ninja-like in a ramshackle kind of way, but he just looks outlandishly feminine. I'm not sexist; I'm just saying, it's somewhat odd and thus funny in an off-kilter way, if a little creepy in some respects. Silly film makers are trying WAY to hard to make him fancy.
I seem to have a disposition against Mr. Cruise at this moment. Anyway, don't watch it, unless you enjoy watching Tom Cruise get thrown around.
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