Dragonborn64

Poor Blake keeps getting crapped on but I thought she was much more believable than the prancy metrosexual throwback. Her acting was more nuanced while he needed broad strokes. The movie itself is uneven. That first balcony scene had me cringing for Jesus and the sister was some hard going yet surprisingly the "erotic" scenes didn't annoy me too much and there were some very great moments - most involving Blake and right up to the last shot of the film. Although the film is about domestic abuse, it never seems to come to the forefront of the film. The editing isn't great, some of the dialogue is clunkers but it's worth a go just to see Blake and her outfits aren't as terrible as you've heard.

I like Mike Vogel. He's well cast here as the steady Eddie lead of the tactical team. I like Anne Heche, she can do most anything. I'm not too hard to entertain and liked the premise of this show and it's entertaining enough with all the usual conflicts characters have in tv shows. It's good. Mike is handsome. What's the problem. It's TV.

Mostly I find this film very pretentious because it aspires to be incredibly profound within a story that has many holes and wait a minutes. Is it art? Is it cinema? Is it what movies can be? It is all those things. And pretentious too because am I supposed to believe he would get in that car? Great great scene. I loved this movie yet I'm unsure exactly why. I continue to think about it. The questions it raises and the things that annoyed me but it's very good. Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise but at the peak of his Cruisedom - his mannerisms, his delivery, his thinness. One of his best roles without doubt - he always can nail the crazy and does it so well here. The film is also totally relevant twenty years after it was made or maybe we're just closer to this reality.