Review: This movie reminds me a lot of the film, Hudson Hawk, where the comedic tone allows for cartoonish action sequences that don't have to remain within the bounds of the believable to be fun and effective. Cameron Diaz plays a unsuspecting traveler who gets involved with a rogue spy who is on the run from the CIA after stealing a new top-secret invention. Tom Cruise's character is a comedic version of his Mission Impossible secret agent, talented but unhinged. Sections of the film that uses the hazy POV of a drugged character as a story device are unique and fun.
Quotes:
"Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for never."
"The pilots are dead?"
"Shot."
"Shot... By who?"
"Uh, me. Actually, I shot the first pilot... he shot the second pilot accidentally. It's just... one of those things."
"They'll tell you a story about me. About how I'm mentally unstable, paranoid. How I'm violent and dangerous and it will all sound very convincing."
"I'm already convinced."
"There are a few common DIP keywords to listen for. Reassuring words. Words like Stabilize, Secure, Safe. If they say these words, particularly with repetition, it means they are going to kill you."
"I've been trained to dismantle a bomb in the pitch black with nothing but a safety pin and a Junior Mint, I think I can get you in and out of some clothes without... looking. I'm not saying that's what I did."
"I think I feel like having sex... I think we would have really great sex."
"Did they give you something!?"
"Uh-huh."
"You should hydrate."
4 1/2 Stars out of 5
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