Knight & Day

 

 

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Knight and Day(released June/10) is a delightful mix of a James Bond like breeziness,action and suspense,mixed in with a liberal amount of tongue in cheek wit and humour.It is terribly fast paced,which in this case is a good thing,but not at the expense of the film and its audience.This was like an acting work out for Cruise,using his Ethan Hunt persona to get back into character for his next Mission Impossible flick.As much as I think Diaz has as much acting skills as a redwood,she seems perfect for her role here.She progresses nicely from totally oblivious,to totally in shock,to totally trying to cope and finally,where she is totally in the zone and with Cruise all the way.
The plot(and a word to the wise,the following contains spoilers)involves one Roy Miller(Tom Cruise)who is an FBI agent and is now on the run from his colleagues.He and a comrade,John Fitzgerald(Peter Sarsgaard),were protecting an important young scientist,one Simon Feck(Paul Dano),who created a seemingly unlimited supply of energy built into a small battery.A Spanish arms dealer who also wants the battery,has turned Fitzgerald,and when Fitzgerald tries to get Feck away from Miller,all hell breaks loose.Miller runs and hides Feck in a safe place,and flees on a plane,but it is Miller who is made out to be the bad guy by Fitzgerald.Here is where the movie really begins for us as Miller arrives at the airport and is in the process of waiting for his plane.It is here he literally runs into Diaz(June Havens) and places the battery into her luggage knowing her belongings will be searched ,as she is carrying car parts to rebuild an old car of her fathers.
Both Miller and Havens are on the same flight to Boston but as Havens tries to board she is told there are suddenly no seats.Just before the flight is to leave Havens is unexpectedly told there is a seat opening and on she goes,a little perplexed.On board Miller chats her up,amidst a rather scant number of passengers.When Havens goes to the washroom,Miller is accosted by the passengers and the flight crew,all out to kill him.When she emerges he is sitting at the edge of a seat with two drinks,as if nothing ever happened.As they talk the flight cabin door swings open and Miller non-nonchalantly tells her he had to kill the crew,thereby "containing" the situation.He apologizes and leaves to bring in the plane.As the plane leans to one side the passengers all fall onto the floor....dead.It is now she realizes that there is something not quit right and she is panicky.Miller,as he was before,during this crisis,and to the end of the film,is as calm as calm can be.He talks to her as if they were sitting alone together in a class room;teacher to pupil.
Miller lands the plane in a field,drugs Havens and takes her home.She goes to talk to her sister about her upcoming wedding only to be lured outside by the FBI who take her away.Miller has followed her and he rescues her.However a confused and scared Havens doesn't want to be rescued and flees to her ex boyfriend who is a fireman.They sit and talk in a restaurant until Miller walks in and introduces himself in a friendly and calm manner.A minute or so later Miller is pretending to take her hostage and he shoots her ex boyfriend in the leg to prevent him from following them.Miller goes to the safe house where he left Feck only to find he has fled to Austria,because of some rather impressive code left on the walls.The two are ambushed by the Spanish arms dealers men and are captured;for only a short time.Miller escapes with Havens to his personal home on an island.This is short lived when Havens gets a cell phone call which gives away their location.Next it is off to Austria to find Feck,and they do,aboard a train heading for Salzburg.During their passage there they are accosted by an assassin who Miller dispatches.In Salzburg Miller meets with a contact for the arms dealer.When he returns to the hotel Havens has already been turned by the FBI,and she indeed turns Miller in.But in typical style,Miller escapes in a flash as the FBI enter the room.He is chased across the rooftops and is seemingly shot dead and falls in the river.
Havens is returned home and finds and locates Millers real parents,who are called Knight.They are under the impression their son died in Kuwait during the war.Realizing Miller sent her home to be safe,she loves him now all the more,and decides to get in on the action.She calls her own answering machine and tells whoever is listening that she has the battery(she doesn't).She meets the arms dealers men who transport her to Seville,Spain.There she is injected with a truth serum to get the location of the battery.While there Miller arrives and rescues her and Feck,who has been taken by Fitzgerald.There is a standoff at the dock at which time Miller is forced to give Fitzgerald the battery.But trying to protect Feck,Miller is shot.As Fitzgerald escapes in a small plane it blows up.It seems the battery(which had been getting ever warmer throughout the film)has finally destabilized altogether.
Miller wakes up in a Washington,DC hospital guarded by the FBI,who have finally seen the truth of the situation and intend to place Miller in protective custody.It is here Havens,dressed as a nurse,drugs Miller and takes him out of the hospital and flees to Cape Horn.The film ends as Miller parents receive plane tickets to Santiago,Chile in the mail.
One can't help but like Cruise's character as he is filled with self confidence and bravado.He is always the calm in the storm,to a fault,and is extremely precise and detailed oriented.It is all one would expect of an FBI agent or secret agent for that matter.Diaz's character change,from scared to in command at the end,is also a wonderful touch.The interplay between both characters is excellent and you can see they obviously had a fun time shooting this film.
Technically speaking the film is clear and crisp in its w/s a/r of 2:40:1 and is clear and crisp.Extras include a featurette on the film and the making of the theme song,along with some miscellaneous vids.
All in all a recommended piece of fast paced high action and fun courtesy of the talents of Cruise and Diaz,who make it look all too easy.

I saw this in theatres and then again at home - i love this movie. It's a great comedy - not just my opinion but everyone in the theatre was laughing so much. The acting was great, both Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz hit their characters dead on. Tom Cruise is in great shape and i heard he did most of the stunt work. This is a good family movie as well - if you dont mind the shooting; there's no swearing and no bloody violence.

Diaz is a regular girl who bumps into Cruise in the airport - Cruise is a rogue agent who's the good guy but Diaz can't figure if this is true or not since Cruise's ex-agency keeps telling her otherwise. There's an item that everyone wants and Cruise just wants to do the right thing. Diaz get's stuck in a rollercoaster of action and near-death experiences but it's all very fun to watch.

This is one of those you can watch again in a couple of months. Great movie!

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