Need a movie review for Knight and Day? Three words for you: I got this! That’s Tom Cruise’s confidently funny, but reassuring line throughout the movie and my new catch phrase. Just when you thought Killers had the inside track on the best Action Comedy of the season, Knight and Day quite literally blows it out of the water. Yeah, I liked Killers, but the difference between it and this Cruise/Cameron Diaz flick is, well…night and day.
It’s really about a battery. It’s more than a souped up Duracell. This one would shoot the Energizer Bunny to the moon. That’s why everyone wants it, including alleged rogue agent Roy Miller. But he’s a government spy, so believing anything he says is kin to believing anything a cop would say. Enter June (Cameron Diaz). On the contrary, she is not a professional liar. However, in a classic mixture of fortune/misfortune that only Hollywood can weave, June is caught up in the chase for the Zephyr (the big bad, well little actually, battery). The two get swept in and out of exotic locations while Roy protects the battery and tries to rescue it’s creator (Simon, played by Paul Dano). Or is Roy really the rogue agent he’s made out to be who is looking to sell the Zephyr to the highest bidder? That’s a question only June needs to answer as she starts to fall for Roy and his quest.
It’s unique. It’s funny. It’s one of the best flicks I’ve seen this year. I loved Roy and Cruise’s portrayal of the character. Roy is in control—to put a fine point on it. Regardless of the peril…danger…death awaiting antics, hey, “I got this!” He’s fun—but has little-to-no intention of being so. He’s just here to save the day in an ‘Oh, don’t mind me…wait…duck so I can shoot 18 bad guys real quick…yeah…there ya go…no worries, I got this’-mode. Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz is solid, as well. She quite nearly lives up to Cruise’s Roy in this one. June is suffering a little shock from seeing her world turn upside down until she starts to go with the flow and transforms from easily freaked tomboy but all-girl chicky, to well, you’ll have to check it out. Finally, Dano is his typically talented self and Sarsgaard is keen as well.
It’s 4.5 stars…and a solid four-point-five it is. So, thank you Knight and Day for giving me a solid hour and fifty minutes of entertainment and my new summer catch phrase! Hey…I got this!
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