The sound design in that movie is mind-blowing. And I LOVE Cruise's relationships with his kids. It's a dead-beat dad's triumph in so many ways. Too bad the sub-plot with Tim Robbins stayed off the cutting-room floor. The comparisons to Iraq were genuinely painful. Tom Cruise killing him moved the main theme forward....but there was no need to get all political with the Robbins character. Nickel-bag preaching in an otherwise great film.