Knight and Day

Contrasting Plot Brings Chaos and Confusion – But some Laughter
Knight and Day, PG-13, ***, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard. 20th Century Fox film. Director James Mangold. Length 109 minutes.
“Knight and Day” begins in an airport in Wichita. Roy Miller (Tom Cruise) eyeballs June Havens (Cameron Diaz). Who would not take a close look at her? Roy is setting up a scenario that will take place on the flight to Boston.
Roy is a government agent. The Agency believes he has gone rogue. June is in Wichita to purchase some automobile parts.
Jane is just an innocent bystander, and Roy wants to keep her out of danger. He makes an attempt to keep her off of the plane.
However, things to not work out just like Roy anticipated. She is able to get on the plane. They begin to talk, and the charisma between the two of them begins to flourish.
Chaos erupts on the plane while June is in the bathroom. Since she boarded the plane, she is now a part of Roy’s problem. I guess we could say, “She traveled down the Rabbit Hole.” Now she is in for some adventure. Roy has to protect her since the Agency knows she may have information that could lead to him.
The movie takes action and violence with a huge chunk of salt. It is so far over the top with exploiting fights, car chases, motorcycle pursuits, and just about every form of fracas sequence available. The audience soon gets full of too much special effects.
The best part of the movie is the dialogue and obvious magnetism between Roy and June. Even though the movie has all of this unrealistic escapism, it is a fairly good summer movie to watch while eating some popcorn, a hotdog, and a cold drink. This helps the ridiculous mayhem go down easier.
From exotic islands to beautiful scenery, the audience observes plenty of landscapes. This helps relieve the overkill of special effects while Roy and June converse.
Roy is a special agent with plenty of fighting skills and a knack for vanishing into thin air at just the right time. Again, he appears to be a rogue agent. Is he or not? The plot revolves around an extremely powerful battery. It is about the size of batteries in a television remote control. Now that is a strong batter. It was invented by a geek, and Roy is protecting the young geek who invented the device.
I did find myself laughing at the dialogue between Roy and June. They work well together and their screen presence delivers some entertaining moments.
I guess I was expecting more than it delivered, but it probably fills the bill for a romantic comedy with some overboard action scenes. Do not think I will reveal any more about the plot and what exactly happens.
Just have to say that I still have not found the summer movie that really excites this viewer enough to say “Do not miss this one.” Maybe it will happen in the next few weeks. If it does not, I will just have to wait until the fall movies begin.
I did like Roy’s ring tone. It is the old song Louie Louie by The Kingsmen.
The song was investigated by the FBI. Some thought the lyrics had obscenities in it. As far as I know, the investigation found nothing. Just thought I would add a small portion of useless trivia for the reader.