Maverick 'nrog tsawg dua Action Movies?

Hnub Kawg muaj ib tug dab neeg nag hmo hais txog Tom Cruise cov haujlwm yuav los tom ntej: lawv tag nrho nrog cov kws sau ntawv / tsim khoom / tus thawj coj Christopher McQuarrie. Lawv kuj tsis tas yuav tsum tau ua yeeb yam franchise. Ib qho yog 'kev ua yeeb yaj kiab tsis txaus ntseeg nrog lub peev xwm franchise,' ib qho yog nkauj-thiab-dab seev suab paj nruag thiab lwm qhov yog qhov ua tau rov qab los ntawm Les Grossman. Ib tug tuaj yeem cia siab tias peb txoj haujlwm no yog qhov rov qab los ntawm Tom Cruise: Tus Ua Yeeb Yam tom qab ze li ob xyoo caum ntawm Tom Cruise: Action Hero. Tom qab Sab saum toj rab phom: Maverick, uas rov qab mus rau IMAX hnub Friday no, raws li nws dhau mus Dub Panther thoob ntiaj teb thiab nyob ze Avengers: Infinity ua tsov ua rog Hauv tsev, Kuv xav tias Cruise tuaj yeem nres sim ua pov thawj tias nws tseem yog lub hnub qub movie.

Grossman yog ib tug comic caricature version ntawm Hollywood tus thawj coj ua si los ntawm Cruise hauv Ben Stiller's Hollywood satire Tropic nroo. Cruise tau peb xyoos tawm ntawm nws PR meltdown ntawm Oprah Winfrey Show (thiab ib qho kev sib tham sib ntaus sib tua Matt Lauer uas yog Cruise txoj kev koom tes nrog lub Koom Txoos ntawm Scientology) thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 2005. Nws tau hnav ib lub tsho rog, lub kaus mom taub hau thiab cov khaub ncaws tsis zoo. kev xaiv, ua si ib tug neeg siab phem tiag tiag los qhia rau pej xeem paub tias nws muaj peev xwm poking lom zem ntawm nws tus kheej. Nws yog cov duab kho dua tshiab, txawm tias nws yog qhov ua tau zoo damn nrog tsawg kawg ib qho kev tho tus kheej-lacerating monologue.

Tias qhov kev hais lus yog topped los ntawm ib tug tub nkeeg 'saib Les seev cev dua' ib ntus negated qee qhov cuam tshuam. Kuv vam tias peb tsis tau txais ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab Les Grossman, vim tias tus cwj pwm tsis txaus los ua kom pom tseeb qhov ntev. Nws yog gimmick uas ua haujlwm rau nws lub hom phiaj ntawm lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb hauv Cruise txoj haujlwm. Lwm ob txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb dua. Ob peb lub xeem thawj lossis 'ib feem' Cruise-coj ua yeeb yaj kiab (Ntug ntawm Tag kis, Oblivion thiab Jack Reacher) tag nrho cov sib txawv ntawm qhov zoo heev. Kuv vam tias nws nco txog zaj lus qhia ntawm lub Mummy thiab tsis txhob sim thawb lub peev xwm franchise tshaj qhov kev lom zem tam sim no.

Cov kev ua yeeb yam zoo nkauj tuaj yeem hnov ​​​​zoo li kev ua yeeb yam qhuas, qhov kev sib piv peb tau ua tsawg kawg txij li John Woo lub Hong Kong breakout flicks. Yog li kuv xav paub heev pom tus txiv leej tub uas tau taw qhia ob kawg thiab ob qhov tom ntej no Lub hom phiaj: Tsis yooj yim sua movies (thiab Jack Reacher) tuaj yeem ua nrog nws nyiam ua yeeb yam hnub qub hauv xws li sub-genre. Tso cai, Pob zeb ntawm cov hnub nyoog tej zaum yuav yog Cruise tus yeeb yam phem tshaj plaws. Txawm li cas los xij, Cruise muab nws tag nrho rau hauv lub luag haujlwm txhawb nqa raws li lub zog hnyav hlau rocker thiab, zoo li nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam txaus ntshai ua tus hawkish NeoCon senator hauv Lions rau Lambs, ntxeev siab tsis yog ib qho kev nplij siab 'wink rau lub koob yees duab' tus kheej thuam.

Qhov no tag nrho argues hais tias lub tshuab-tawm kev vam meej ntawm Sab saum toj rab phom: Maverick thiab qhov kev vam meej ntawm ob qho tom ntej Lub hom phiaj: Tsis yooj yim sua cov yeeb yaj kiab yuav ua haujlwm zoo li qhov kawg rau Cruise ob lub xyoo dhau los siv los sim rov qab nws cov yeeb yaj kiab mojo. Lub hom phiaj ntawd tau txhais tau hais tias yuav luag tsuas yog ua-taug txuj kev nyuaj / sci-fi fantasy flicks. Tom qab tag nrho, nyob rau hauv 22 xyoo txij li thaum Lub Hom Phiaj: Tsis yooj yim II (uas tau pib Cruise's rebranding mus rau qhov zoo kawg nkaus, sexiest, feem ntau invincible ua yeeb yam hero) thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv 15 xyoo tom qab thaum Cruise tus tshaj-the-top romantic tshaj tawm ntawm kev hlub dhau Katie Holmes los ua ib qho tseem ceeb point-and-laugh YouTube sensation, Cruise feem ntau zam cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tsis yog kev ua yeeb yaj kiab.

Ua ntej meltdown thaum lub sij hawm nce qib ntawm Steven Spielberg's ($ 600 lab-grossing) Kev ua tsov ua rog ntawm lub ntiaj teb, kev hais lus pom zoo uas ua si zoo rau cov neeg tuaj saib hauv studio tab sis ua si tsis zoo raws li cov ntsiab lus tsis zoo raws li Howard Dean's infamous celebratory qw, 'Cruise lub hnub qub lub hwj chim tau rub cov neeg tuaj saib rau hom flicks ntawm txhua kab txaij. Xav, ua tsaug, Qhov muag dav kaw, xam phaj nrog Vampire, Lub Chaw Haujlwm, Ob peb tus txiv neej zoo, Jerry Macguire thiab Kev lag luam pheej hmoo. Nws tau ua ob peb tus neeg ua haujlwm ua ntej (Phom Sab saum toj, Hnub Ntawm Thunder, Lub Hom Phiaj: Ua Tsis Tau) thiab tom qab (Kawg Samurai thiab Txhab) uas Lub hom phiaj: Tsis yooj yim sua sequel, tab sis nws tsis yog lub hnub qub ua. Hloov chaw, nws yog ib lub hnub qub ua yeeb yaj kiab uas muaj peev xwm ua yeeb yaj kiab nrog kev ua yeeb yam.

Txij li thaum 2010, nrog James Mangold's Knight thiab Hnub (qhov tseem ceeb yog 007 yeeb yaj kiab hais los ntawm qhov pom ntawm Cameron Diaz's Bond Girl), feem ntau ntawm Cruise cov yeeb yaj kiab tau ua yeeb yaj kiab. Feem ntau ntawm lawv, txuag rau lub Mummy (ib qho xwm txheej tsawg ntawm Cruise sim ua raws li kev ua tiav ntawm nws cov neeg sib tw tom ntej) thiab Jack Reacher: Tsis Txhob Rov Qab (uas tsis yog ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab zoo, alas), tau sib txawv ntawm qhov zoo heev. Cov kiv cua feem ntau thiab cov neeg nyiam ua yeeb yaj kiab uas pom Oblivion, Ntug ntawm Tag kis thiab peb kawg Lub hom phiaj: Tsis yooj yim sua cov yeeb yaj kiab nyiam lawv. Qhov ze tshaj plaws uas nws tau ua rau 'studio programmer' yog Doug Liman's American Made.

Qhov kev ua yeeb yam ua yeeb yam, ua yeeb yam Cruise ua tus tsav dav hlau hauv-nws-lub taub hau uas xaus rau kev koom tes hauv Iran Contra affair, yog ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab zoo nrog lub tsev kawm ntawv qub Cruise lub hnub qub tig uas tau txais '$ 135 lab ntawm $ 50 lab. pob nyiaj siv rau xyoo 2017. Nws kuj yog thawj zaj yeeb yaj kiab uas nws tau ua txij li Robert Redford's Lions rau Lambs nyob rau hauv lig 2007 thiab Bryan Singer's Valkryie nyob rau hauv lig 2008. Kuv tsis kiag li begrudge tus actor rau siv lub xyoo caum kawg los yog li ua cov hom ntawm cov yeeb yaj duab uas tended ua zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no box office. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsis xav tau phom thiab tawg los rub cov neeg coob coob.

Nws tau muaj qhov teeb meem ntau npaum li txhua tus neeg uas tau nce mus rau lub tsev teev ntuj lub koob meej tsis muaj cov cim marquee. Kuv twv Pete "Maverick" Mitchell yog lub cim cim loj dua li Ethan Hunt. Yog tias 15 xyoo dhau los tau hais txog qhov ua pov thawj tias Tom Cruise tseem yog lub hnub qub box office thiab lub cim cinematic ntauwd, kuv xav tias Sab saum toj rab phom: Maverick ua qhov dag. Txog tam sim no nws tau khwv tau $ 662 lab hauv tsev thiab $ 1.352 nphom thoob ntiaj teb thaum muaj kev tshuaj xyuas rave, cov neeg dawb-kub thiab James Cameron-tsim ceg. Tej zaum nws yuav tau txais kev cawmdim ua yeeb yaj kiab los ntawm kev ceeb toom rau cov neeg laus thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab tsis tu ncua ntau npaum li cas lawv tuaj yeem txaus siab rau cov yeeb yaj kiab zoo ntawm lub vijtsam loj.

Tom Cruise, tam sim no 60, tsis tuaj yeem tshuav ntau los ua pov thawj raws li lub tsev kawm qub thiab lub hnub qub tshiab. Sab saum toj rab phom: Maverick, uas nws cov ntsiab lus yog hais txog yuav ua li cas Hollywood ua tsis tau zoo heev los txhawb nqa lub cim tshiab ntawm cov hnub qub ua yeeb yaj kiab uas Cruise yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm lub rooj ntev zaum thiab txuag kev lag luam, yog qhov kawg haum rau nws cov hnub ua yeeb yam. Qhov kawg ob Lub hom phiaj: Tsis yooj yim sua films yuav muab ib tug epilogue. Tej zaum nws yuav siv txoj haujlwm tom ntej ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ua ntau dua li kev ua yeeb yam nkaus xwb (xws li Universal's Doug Liman-qhia rau sab nraud flick) thiab heroics. Nyob rau hauv ib tug ntau actor-tsav, tsawg dua IP-centric lub sij hawm, tsuas yog pom nws tau tus ntxhais los yog yeej ib haiv neeg yog txaus.