Tom Cruise: Huge action star, with a few comedy roles on his resume.
Cameron Diaz: Popular comic actress, with some action roles on her resume.
Put the two together in an action-comedy and you’ve got “Knight and Day”
Diaz plays June. On her way to Boston to be in her sister’s wedding she, literally, bumps into Cruise’s character, Roy Miller, in the airport. Twice. Roy happens to be going on the same flight, but he’s no normal passenger. Roy’s a spy who is being chased by the F.B.I.. They think he’s gone crazy and is about to sell a valuable battery to the bad guys.
Over the next 5-days June and Roy go through some incredible and dangerous situations together, as he tries to avoid being captured and keep her alive as well.
“Knight and Day” is simply one of my favorite films of the year. Very funny script, with some unexpected twists. The dialogue, especially involving Cruise’s character, is very clever. He’s constantly delivering funny lines while, at the same time, shooting or stabbing people.
The action scenes are tremendous. I think I had a smile on my face throughout most of the movie, as you go from one action-packed scene to the next. And the chemistry between Cruise and Diaz is fantastic.
“Knight and Day” is rated PG-13 for all of the action violence, and there’s a ton of it, but because it’s a comedy you don’t really take it too seriously. The movie is appropriate for kids 10 and up. Tom Cruise fans will be happy that he’s back where he belongs.
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, “Knight and Day” gets a B+.
Cruise’s next film is “Mission Impossible IV”, set to come out next year. I hope he and Diaz get to work together in another action comedy someday.