Knight & Day (2010)

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• Raymond W

  
  Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise give some pretty good performances in Knight & Day which elevates this formulaic summer action-comedy considerably. It's got a good pace, good chemistry, a somewhat implausible and predictable story (but hey, it's summer fun, so what does… More
  Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise give some pretty good performances in Knight & Day which elevates this formulaic summer action-comedy considerably. It's got a good pace, good chemistry, a somewhat implausible and predictable story (but hey, it's summer fun, so what does that matter?), and some good cinematography. Paul Dano also gives a really nice performance as Simon Feck. I found it to be great fun, charming and occasionally funny, and I found the ending quite touching and suitable (and funny). Others may find it cheesy....

• Scott G

  
  Cruise just doesnt fit the place in this disastrous puzzle im afraid.

• Anthony L

  
  Over the top, pretty ridiculous and very silly but I think it's tongue is very much in its cheek and it was never the intention to be taken too seriously - and to its credit. I was pretty surprised and relieved that this film wasn't all that bad. It's fun. I think fun… More
  Over the top, pretty ridiculous and very silly but I think it's tongue is very much in its cheek and it was never the intention to be taken too seriously - and to its credit. I was pretty surprised and relieved that this film wasn't all that bad. It's fun. I think fun was its intention, so mission successful as far as I'm concerned. It does get a bit rubbish towards the end while Cruise takes 10 minutes out but it's forgivable for what it is. Two actors who I really dislike actually making a likable film, who would have though eh!?

• familiar s

  
  I wonder if I'd have ever watched this action thriller were it not for my brother. Surprisingly, it wasn't half as disappointing as I'd feared it to be. Fairly enjoyable.

• Directors C

  
  It's probably got the best formula for an action romance in years. Sophisticated and more gripping than Mr and Mrs Smith with a better plot, good summer action and a very enthusiastic Cruise and Diaz.

• Dead A

  
  I don't really watch Tom Cruise's movie but ended up watching this and it was really an awesome movie.

• Matt G

  
  An unmitigated amount of excitement throughout. Forgot how joyous my theater experience was with this film.

• Joe M

  
  Come on Tom, you're better than this.

• Alexander D

  
  Tom Cruise goes on another spy mission, and this time around, there is nothing impossible about it. KNIGHT & DAY is like GET SMART, except with Cruise instead of Carrell, and Diaz instead of Hathaway. Though flawed, it is hard <i>not</i> to enjoy. Okay, so… More
  Tom Cruise goes on another spy mission, and this time around, there is nothing impossible about it. KNIGHT & DAY is like GET SMART, except with Cruise instead of Carrell, and Diaz instead of Hathaway. Though flawed, it is hard <i>not</i> to enjoy. Okay, so there's a fairly good combination of genres here, to start with. It's basically a cross between an action movie and a buddy comedy, with a hint of romance. The film starts when Roy Miller (Cruise), a spy, and June Havens (Diaz) bump into each other at a Kansas airport, more than once. June is intending to take a restored car to her sister as a birthday present, but even though she has flight reservations, she is informed that her flight is overbooked. (Sounding unusual already?) Seeing that she has bumped into Roy <i>again</i>, a Federal agent assumes that she is with Roy and puts her back on the list, leaving them on the same plane. Then, all hell breaks loose on the plane, which has only a few other people aboard. The acting was a considerable issue with KNIGHT & DAY. Both Will Smith and Gerard Butler were considered for the role that eventually fell into the hands of Tom Cruise, and with the silly performance he gives, either one of them would have worked much better. Also, Diaz was a good choice, but the way she laughs at everything and takes very little seriously for at least half of the film; it makes her character, a) seem like she is using drugs, and b) tip the balance that was made on what defines a screen couple. The action is a whole other thing. It seems nonstop, fun, and just short of ridiculous; and for an uncommon case in spy film history, it fits the plot line well. So I really shouldn't say that this film should have stayed in "development hell" (believe it or not, it was in there for quite a while!); it just wasn't the best.

• Brad W

  
  If Tom Cruise can get back on track, he will be doing a lot of good movies like this, but really its not a memorable movie, you will forget it in a week.

• Chris W

  
  I'm not sure why this gets a mixed reception, and why it didn't do so well at the box office. I mean, it's a dopey action comedy with some romance, so why not just sit back and have fun? The story is really nothing new- girl meets guy, guy turns out to be more than… More
  I'm not sure why this gets a mixed reception, and why it didn't do so well at the box office. I mean, it's a dopey action comedy with some romance, so why not just sit back and have fun? The story is really nothing new- girl meets guy, guy turns out to be more than meets the eye, guy gets girl into all sorts of ridiculous shenanigans, yet they come through it okay and wouldn't you know it? They fall in love along the way! This is all done very well though, and with great amounts of style and energy. It is ridiculous, but it's all very fun and entertaining. When I first saw the trailer, I wasn't all that interested because it just looked bland, but when I found out James Mangold was directing, I got interested. I mean, the guy hasn't made a bad film yet, so unless this film was to be the first, it must have some good going for it. At least the film knows it is silly, ridiculous, and nothing new. There are some neat ways it tweaks with conventions (the constant drugging, for example) though, so that's cool. Plus, the film doesn't have any pretenses about it. It's just classic entertainment done well. Cruise is believable as the super man with charm, and Diaz, though not playing the most well-rounded character, seems to be having a lot of fun screaming and palying a hapless woman caught up in a bunch of crazy crap that she doesn't really know how to deal with (or at least not overtly). I liked this. I'm a little torn with the star rating, so let's just call it a really strong B. It's got a little bit of everything, and, even though the story has been done to death, it never comes off as boring here. So yeah, if you get a big bowl of popcorn or chips, a few drinks, and pop this in the player, you're probably gonan have a good time, that is, unless you can't handle some escapism once in a while. In that case, I pity you.

• Drake T

  
  Action/Comedy formula, srs spy meets girl, srs spy wants to quit, srs spy becomes less srs and gets with girl. But to say it's a bad movie is a little bitchy. The story flows, the characters charm and the action set pieces/skits are often funny. In the end it rarely exceeds… More
  Action/Comedy formula, srs spy meets girl, srs spy wants to quit, srs spy becomes less srs and gets with girl. But to say it's a bad movie is a little bitchy. The story flows, the characters charm and the action set pieces/skits are often funny. In the end it rarely exceeds generic "fun" status but hey, at least it was entertaining enough to keep my attention.

• Bethany M

  
  Was an ok film!

• Ken S

  
  A totally insane action rom/com. Everything is turned up to 11, but for a summer action flick, that's not necessarily a bad thing.

• Film C

  
  Lost interest in this movie pretty soon to it beginning. I think they showed all the remotely funny parts in the advert that really were only laugh out loud moments in the actual trailer. i wouldnt advise anyone to watch this movie.

• Jameson W

  
  Overall, a decent summer action/comedy movie. Forgettable in many ways, but the stylized action sequences were really nice, and there were a few humorous moments that I really liked. I'm not a big Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz fan, but I thought they worked well together. I really… More
  Overall, a decent summer action/comedy movie. Forgettable in many ways, but the stylized action sequences were really nice, and there were a few humorous moments that I really liked. I'm not a big Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz fan, but I thought they worked well together. I really liked the supporting cast though...Peter Sarsgaard, Viola Davis, and Paul Dano. I would have liked to see them with more screen time. Not a great movie, but I enjoyed it.

• Bruce B

  
  Another amusing spy drama / comedy. At least I A CIA agent is in control of a unique power source and is also protecting the inventor, along the way he meets the ageing Cameron Diaz who holds the typical blonde role which I must say she plays excellent. Another agent is trying to… More
  Another amusing spy drama / comedy. At least I A CIA agent is in control of a unique power source and is also protecting the inventor, along the way he meets the ageing Cameron Diaz who holds the typical blonde role which I must say she plays excellent. Another agent is trying to track him down, One agent is rogue, which agent is it. Plenty of Action and great stunts. Its worth 4 1/2 stars.

• Veronique K

  
  you know what, the director of knight and day is the same guy who directed "girl, interrupted" and russell crowe's "3:10 to yuma"..can you imagine it is the same guy who's directed all these pieces????!! the styles are so diverse that you have no idea to… More
  you know what, the director of knight and day is the same guy who directed "girl, interrupted" and russell crowe's "3:10 to yuma"..can you imagine it is the same guy who's directed all these pieces????!! the styles are so diverse that you have no idea to put them together..and he also did that horror flick "identity" with john cusack and ray liotta about a schizopreniac kid with a dozen of split persoanlities, also that corny meg ryan movie "kate and leopold" (for female audience who listen to celine dion at home..ah)...his name is JAMES MANGOLD. mangold is the kind of pot-boiler versatile director who reminds me of the old days in tinsell town hollywood when directors and stars were reighed by studio-manufacture..it was not the director who picked up the materials for his movies, but the studio which dispatched assignments to the contracted directors unless you were alfred hitchcock who was dynamic enough to seize absolute control in his projects. for instance, regularly talented director like william a wellman (public enemy, first tyson) created lots of masterpieces by accident..in other words, he had enough capacity to showcase his brilliance in ANY SHIT studio gave him....james mangold is that sort of direcor, to me! generally, knight and day is goofy and cheesy, then why i grant it such a decent ranting? because it has a sense of humour on its own!!! the word camp, perceived by most, is movies that are so outrageously artificial that it's laughable. (so fake that it's almost cool!) one subtle definition within camp is SELF-LOVE, in other words, one indulges in his over-the-top performances with flamboyant energies, for example, mae west! this woman is so fake that she's BEYOND FAKE! a lovable narcissist who's immersely rejoicing in her larger-than-life microcomos......and knight and day is an action movie done with such excessive self-love that it's almost sincere! come on, nowadays everything in action movies is dominated by CGI, does anyone actually believe any of those action sequences could realistically happen?? you realize they're artificial and manufactured by computer, but you would still pay your hard-earned bucks to watch them because they look flashy and cool, or maybe you're just jaded or callous enough to feed on that sort of dim-witted mindlessness. (okay, people work hard to make their livings, and they just don't wanna think in their private relaxations...and their minds could totally live and function without contemplation at all!)...for the part of special effects, i cannot deny that michael bay would probably be one of the best technicians (i call him technician instead of director...he sells people cgi and NOT movies...what he made is just cgi, not movies), but do you honestly believe in one second that any of those transformers shit is real? NAY! you ain't 12 and you ain't that dumb! i must say, knight and day is better than those mission impossible movies tom cruise has made in the last decade (except the first one, because it was stylishly helmed by brian de palma!)...tom cruise and cameron diaz behave like boy scout and girl scout in this movie, and in each single frame, there's some blatant humour. to a point, there's NO NATURAL HUMAN DIALOGUE within this movie! (cheer of camp...."if you go with me, your life span is this high..without me, this high"..watch the trailer)...knight and day is so unpretentious about its cheesiness that it's almost respectable! yeah, they sell us cheese, but at least, it's decent cheese which doesn't pretend it's anything else on its label! it's just like mission: impossilble franchise going campy! frankly, believe me, it's EVEN MUCH BETTER!!! (so don't bitch about it...like A MOVIE-SNOB.haha.) quotes from roger ebert: ""Such matters are irrelevant in a movie that makes not the slightest pretense of realism. Cruise and Diaz are fully scripted throughout with nonstop bantering and one-liners. They never seriously discuss their situation. They spend half the movie in dire danger. Thousands of bullets miss them. By motorcycle, car, train, airplane and parachute, they survive anything. Basically, what I wanted was more of it. Some of that Cary Grant dialogue. More flirtation. More of a feeling the characters, not the production, were in the foreground. More of the stars. Because movie stars really do make a difference. I insist on it. """ and it does feature a mcguffin and it has car-grant-esque dialogue. i agree, and it's probably much better than johnny depp's tourist. (i mean it!) .

• Dan S

  
  A well-done, easy-going action/thriller with Tom Cruise at the helms as a very friendly federal agent who gets a naive woman (Cameron Diaz) embroiled in a series of chases and life-threatening situations over a battery designed by a young genius (Paul Dano) that does not run out of… More
  A well-done, easy-going action/thriller with Tom Cruise at the helms as a very friendly federal agent who gets a naive woman (Cameron Diaz) embroiled in a series of chases and life-threatening situations over a battery designed by a young genius (Paul Dano) that does not run out of power - and the government wants it, badly. The thing that makes this thing work is that it does not become pretentious or take itself seriously at any point, as it is clear that director James Mangold is having fun with this thing, and it shows through the sense of humor that is sharp as a whip, as well as some well-conceived sequences. Sure, there are some flaws (the second half is not nearly as exciting or good as the first), but for this most part this is a fun ride. It is a shame that this thing tanked at the box office, because even if Tom Cruise may be a jackass in real life, that does not mean he does not know how to take audiences for a fun ride every once in a while.

• Cynthia S

  
  A completely forgettable summer popcorn action movie. Some decent stunt work, and action. But the story is disposable, and some of the dialogue makes you groan. Don't watch this for the "story", watch it to see TC kill hundreds of people, and flip off 1-liners.

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