Knight and Day is a simple popcorn munching movie. It's a pleasant diversion, a fun time that doesn't ask a lot of the audience and offers an enjoyable ride. While these action comedies have become a movie type that we see quite regularly, if you go into this movie thinking you have it figured out based on the trailer, you will be shocked to know how wrong your thoughts on what Knight and Day would end up being. Knight and Day though is almost a parody of action movies, as it takes all the action sequences to an over the top feeling throughout. When the stuff happens on the plane at the beginning, it is not even remotely believable, but that is the point. Knight and Day establishes right away that this is a garish, over the top comedy. The ridiculous opening sequence clearly shows that it is not only a comedy but an outrageous one at that.
Knight and Day hinges on the interactions of the two main characters. Tom Cruise plays Roy Miller, the spy who throughout the movie the audience does not truly know if he is a rogue spy or still fighting for the good guys. While there are those who do not like Cruise because of his public antics, one needs to forget that and just look at the performance he puts in. Cruise plays his role perfectly and he is aptly fit for this role. He is able to bring a great confidence, strength and even humor to the role. Cruise definitely puts a fill effort in to any role he is in and it always shows. Starring alongside Cruise is Cameron Diaz in the role of June Havens, the woman who is accidentally thrown into the spy world. Diaz brings some great comedy with her and while some may not think so, I find her to be pretty funny. The chemistry between Diaz and Cruise is great and they really work well off one another for some great comedic timing. The supporting cast does a good job as well. Peter Sarsgaard in the role of Fitzgerald does well in helping to shroud Cruise's character in more mystery in not allowing the audience to know who really is good and who is not.
With the story and the action being so over the top the film makers are simply betting the vivacity of the action and the charm of Cruise and Diaz will get you involved. They want that involvement to grow rather than diminish as the story progresses. The action action is preposterous, but the protagonists are in trouble, so you forget it's silly and start to worry, but you don't forget to laugh...which you are meant to do. The movie manages to ramp up all three aspects and keep everyone entertained. This is all in an effort to appeal simultaneously to three different genre demographics: comedy, action and romance, and it manages to do a fairly good job at that. While the story is nothing unique it is suiting for the movie and serves its purpose to help with the action continually to move. The action likewise was definitely over the top and in your face particularly at moments when it is completely unnecessary.
Knight and Day is a movie that from the get go was never going to win any awards. A movie does not have to be in line to win awards to be a good movie and enjoyable. Knight and Day gives us an over the top action comedy that is meant to make us laugh and forget about our troubles. The chemistry between Cruise and Diaz worked perfectly throughout the movie and it was this chemistry that allowed their presence on screen to work so well with the great one liners and great comedic timing. I am giving Knight and Day three buckets of popcorn out of five. This is a fun movie to kick back, relax and just enjoy everything that comes at you on the screen.
-The Movie Man
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