This is the kind of mid-budget hard-boiled action film Christopher McQuarrie showed us he could deliver when he wrote The Way of the Gun. This half-ironic, half-intense style suits Cruise well.

It's not life-changing, but I laughed very hard, was held in great suspense for a few sequences, and got to leave doing my best Werner Herzog impression. Not sure what more you want.

This is Cruise's best non-sequel in close to a decade. Thoroughly enjoyable. The perfect flick for me to buy on Blu-Ray and pop in next summer on a rainy day.