One 'Knight' Stand

"Knight and Day" - ** - Action/Comedy - Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano. Directed by James Mangold.

The latest action/comedy with Tom Cruise is not without its moments. The film is ripe with fun stunts, cheesy spy action and several times where it nears the potential of a good movie. Unfortunately, it never seems to capitalize on those moments and we're left feeling unsatisfied that we just spent our time watching the same thing we see in interviews. A crazy Tom Cruise jumping on things and making no sense.

Cameron Diaz goes from someone who cannot carry her luggage up stairs yet becomes a superspy with no training. She smoothly switches places on a moving motorcycle to fire off a few rounds at a pursuing bad boy and destroys the tiree, flipping the chasing car over. I understand this is a cheesy over-the-top action movie, but just 30 minutes earlier in the film, she was so bad with a gun that she couldn't hold it right and she let loose, hitting nothing like bad guys and nearly killing Tom Cruise's character.

Nothing but a random hodge-podge of action moments, set to Cruise's bizarre sense of humor, 'Knight and Day' does have its moments of thrilling fun. As long as you can totally turn your brain off and enjoy the ride, you won't mind it. Not enough substance to commit to, it might be a fun little one 'knight' stand to keep you entertained while you find the next good date movie you both can agree upon.

Knight and Day is rated PG-13 for sequences of action violence throughout, and brief strong language. As usual, the one 'f' word was thrown in for poor comedic effect with no pay-off. The violence is pretty tame and bloodless yet thrilling.