Ever since that embarrassing moment on Oprah’s TV couch Tom Cruise has slipped a horrible slope in the public eye. However a steady set of good performances has lead up to another great Cruise film, but not in the all out action epic you might expect.
Valkyrie is the story of one of the last attempts on Hitler’s life before his demise in world war two. Tom Cruise plays a colonel in the German army, who gets disfigured after an attack in the desert which leaves him with one eye and one hand. His belief in the war is crumbled by what is happening to Germany and how he knows it will be perceived after the conflict.
Cruise joins a group of other army personnel who feel that something needs to happen to stop the war. After a few botched attempts Cruise and a great supporting cast, mostly British manage to set off a bomb with Hitler in the room. Unfortunately the attempt does not go to plan – although you kind of already know how Hitler dies.
Tom Cruise is back to his best with a very convincing performance on the big screen. You can tell he’s thought hard on how to revive his career and this one does the job, looking forward to the next masterpiece Tom!
