An average movie

We almost went to see this one in the theater, me and my step-son Nick, but it didn't happen but, eventually, Nick ended up buying a brand new DVD when were in France on holiday. Honestly, I really had a hard to care about the whole thing. I mean, personally, I think it is rather sad that Tom Cruise still tries to be the same mega star he used to be in the 80's-90's but, honestly, those days are gone. Not only the guy is already 50 years old but the box-office has really changed during the last decade. I mean, even Johnny Depp and Will Smith, probably the last 2 actors who could open up a tent-pole feature, had some huge flops this year and, nowadays, it is all about franchises, remakes and reboots of already established products. Even this movie which is supposed to be an original story was actually a rehash of many SF features made before. But at least, it was something new, so it gets a few points for that. And Cruise really tried, he really gave his best to give a decent performance. He didn't succeed but, at least, he tried. Finally, the whole thing looked pretty cool but, a part from that, I was seriously bored during most of the duration (I even figured out most of the twists which is not something I'm usually good at). To conclude, I think I'm being rather generous with my rating here but I guess it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10