Knight and Day starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz was a mildly entertaining spy movie, that left me with a few chuckles but other than that was another B list movie with A list actors. Tom Cruise is quite funny as Roy Miller, the slightly zany yet dashing rogue agent, who after a crazy cross country flight finds himself in the company of June Havens, a woman on her way to secure her sister's wedding gift. After June gets involved with Roy, they go on a series of events including car chases, gun battles, train fights, all while being hunted by the CIA and other government entities. Roy's mission is to protect an energy source (the Zephyr) at all costs and June finds herself on the ride of her life. Both Cruise and Diaz have great chemistry on screen and they seem to charm their way through a mediocre plot that could have had slightly better draw with more resources on the editing and budgetary parts. Half the movie, June is drugged and we go from a desert island to Spain or to the mountains of Austria. Even with those minor issues, I still loved all of the locations, the humor, the adventure and how easily Tom and Cameron clicked. The movie does leave you with a few valuable lessons, like how to maneuver out of a behind-the-back attack grip across your arms or how to change someone's clothes without looking (see it to understand).
Overall, I give this movie 8.5/10 Zephyrs.
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