Knight and Day Review

James Mangold’s Knight And Day is an action flick with a dash of comedy and bearing a tincture of romance. A Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise film, this is the second movie after Vanilla Sky where the couple shared the screen together. A thrilling, hilarious and engaging piece, audiences are sure to stay glued to the seat for the whole1 and ½ hour as Cruise takes them on a deadly adventurous ride down a globe trotting adventure with Diaz at his heels. The speedy plot does not allow the viewers to afford to miss a glance of the fast paced series of events that occurs throughout the course of event. Atypical of Cruise’s onscreen secret agent avatar, watch Roy Miller, as the knight performs daring spine chilling action moves ensuring the security of the damsel in distress.

The synopsis of the movie commences as the camera pans on an observing gentleman at the airport, idling away his time as he collides with a clumsy fellow boarder, June Haven on a chance encounter. The camera then shifts to a team of FBI agents who were monitoring the activities of the gentleman at the airport. The next few minutes were one of great excitement as the intriguing gentleman at the airport turns out to be a secret agent who is currently a fugitive allegedly, in pursuit of an unstoppable power source, a battery that he intends to pass on to demolishing hands in exchange of an exorbitant sum. However, as June is drawn into the fatal web, the duo is seen involved in a trans-continental chase, as they cheat the close shaves with death. Completely smitten by Roy’s charisma, June keeps on getting entangled in emotional attachment with Roy as she rides the quagmire of love, completely unaware of the real motif of the mission. After a series of tiff and unexpected betrayals, June had to come to terms with the fact that the only man he can seek sanctuary from is Roy. The movie ends with the stereotypical execution of the villains, with all misgiving clarified with Roy’s employer and the creator of the battery handed over to the rightful authority. The climax shows a beautiful beachfront wherefrom Roy and June sets out on a holiday trip away from the acrimonious man hunt.

The only character in the movie that is meant to and has successful stole all the limelight, keeping the audience gaping at the screen with the rising adrenalin rush in their nerves is, Tom Cruise. Despite reaching the late forties, the actor has by far surpassed the feats of younger heroes in action movies. A perfect popcorn movie serving a dose of mind boggling excitement, Cruise has once again cast his enigma on the silver screen through his sharp, natty look, witty humor, appealing features and confident moves. Performing all the life threatening stunts by his own, the movie looks extremely convincing and realistic and been another challenge to the fellow action heroes who hesitate to take such a quantum leap. As Cruise ducks on his motorcycle between fast approaching trams, races the bulls, dodges bullets, hoodwinks the federal agents and romances the lady while teaching her tricky Houdini moves, the audiences watch enthralled and spellbound. Cruise has definitely done an appreciable job in what appears to be his last action movie. Though his fans will want him to keep coming back for more, rumor has it that the actor will engage himself in only character roles post this movie. Cruise’s screen presence has levitated the movie to a new height that would have been otherwise impossible to attain with such a superficial script.

Diaz as June has been quite appropriate for the role, as she plays a messy simpleton desperately trying to mop up the clutter in her life as she finds herself drawn dangerously close to an enigmatic mysterious spy and an ensuing racquet of assailants. The blonde beauty has aptly impersonated Haven’s confused self, torn between the maze of double-crosses and her undeniable attraction towards Roy.

In a nutshell, Knight And Day is a complete entertainment with titillating action stunts, great music, picturesque locales, swift pace, breakneck adventure with drama at a superficial level, another splendid flick to mark Cruise’s return to the action genre.