I almost never go and see action movies - i just don't dig them. But on the strength of the reviews I could tell there was something different from most other blockbusters.

I tend to avoid Cruise movies, i just find him dull and i've being dragged by different dates to see Mi4 and the very mediocre and dull Jack Reacher.

I like Jez Butterworth's stage plays and McQuarrie is a talented screenwriter but I guess they had good source material for this too.

All the explosions and special effects were done with aplomb but again monotonous and almost boring but the story telling wasn't jarring and like an earlier poster said the rules were established at the beginning - because of this the film's pacing worked.

Blunt was okay, she could have had some better dialogue.

Where were the funny parts? I don't remember laughing once.

I was glad it was far better than Source Code which is what the trailer made it look like.