I only went to watch this movie because I had these coupons that HAD to be used in a certain theatre during a certain month. Time ran out. My back was to the wall. It was either Knight and Day or The Sorcerer's Apprentice (it's sad when someone considers a crazy person the lesser evil when compared to Nic Cage). So, there we were.
You know, I really wasn't looking for much: a little action, a little suspense, some humour and dash of cheesy romance. That's all they needed to live up to expectations. And maybe the problem was that I just seen Inception and Salt; maybe those two flicks with their mind-fuckery and their serious plots left a lingering of... I don't know, expectation in my cinephilic brain.
Sadly, K&D failed. And not just like they came up something lame. No, they plagiarised some of their best bits. Cruise shooting up a warehouse full of bad guys? See: Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Cruise flattening himself to the top of a fast-moving truck in order to avoid being flattened by an overpass/overturned car? See Wanted. Running along a rooftop while cops chase you? See Matrix. I could go on and on.
Really, what kinda dampened the Salt experience was watching Inception a few days before. What ruined Knight & Day? Every other action movie ever made! Seriously. There wasn't a single cool moment that didn't feel... stolen, somehow. No wonder they replaced him with her.
The locations were nice. Yawn. 2 out of 5 stars.
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Really? You wasted a coupon on this one??
no! never! i got FREE coupons that I had to use by the end of July (I got them way back in December) and there really hasn't been anything worth seeing there. I kept waiting and waiting and then... Knight and Day. le yuck.
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