Once Hollywood’s biggest star,Cruise’s latest movies absorb been huge flops. Here’s how to effect bankrolling his films a less risky commerce Tom Cruise’s latest film American Made is, by critical consensus, or his best for years. It spent two weeks at the top of the UK box office (albeit with disappointingly low takings) and is currently a close third in the US. Unlike the summer flop The Mummy,American Made is a by-no-means-terrible movie and that’s exactly where the problem lies.
This drug-running caper includes just enough flashy grins and amoral charm to makes us nostalgic for a time when the biggest star on the planet could really open a movie. Now that franchises and superheroes are the only bankables in the commerce, those glory days seem long gone – but are they? While “effect America powerful Again” was never a slogan with global appeal, and “effect Tom Cruise powerful Again” feels like the kind of mission possible we can all get behind. Here’s how …Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk