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| Tom Cruise | ... | ||
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| Miranda Otto | ... | ||
| Justin Chatwin | ... | ||
| Tim Robbins | ... | ||
| Rick Gonzalez | ... | ||
| Yul Vazquez | ... |
Julio
(as Yul Vázquez)
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| Lenny Venito | ... | ||
| Lisa Ann Walter | ... |
Bartender
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| Ann Robinson | ... | ||
| Gene Barry | ... | ||
| David Alan Basche | ... | ||
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Roz Abrams | ... |
Herself
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Michael Brownlee | ... | |
| Camillia Monet | ... |
News Producer
(as Camillia Sanes)
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Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. Written by Majorwest
However it must be said that the majority of the meal is so perfectly cooked that you're able to swallow the cheese without much trouble.
Tom Cruise was good enough that even my fiancé, not normally a fan, was impressed... and despite some misgivings as the lights dimmed at the start, once the action started, not once did I think of Katie Holmes - I was simply too swept up in the action to think about anything other than what was on the screen. But no matter how good a job Tom did, it has to be said that Dakota Fanning blew everyone else away. And not in the same way Tom was upstaged by the gorgeous little boy in Jerry Maguire through sheer 'awww' factor, Dakota is both cute and one of the most talented actresses I've ever seen.
The special effects were amazing, (the first lightning storm was the PERFECT way to get the audience on the edge of their seats, the rest of the movie made sure we stayed there) the thrills were non-stop and executed brilliantly - I nearly broke my fiancé's arm during one particularly nerve-wracking scene - and whilst some of the characters were inevitable clichés - the rebellious teenage son, for example - the story evolved at a fast enough pace that you didn't have time to get irritated by them.
I thought the ending came a bit suddenly and with perhaps not quite enough explanation but overall I really enjoyed this movie - and I'm not usually a fan of alien blockbusters. I just want to know one thing