I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise to be completely honest with you, in no small part due to his association with America's cult of Scientology, but this is, quite simply put, the best perfomance of his acting career. He is effective and convincing as the cold, calculating, uncompromising killer, dispatching his victims to the nether world with a touch of arrogance and class. So, yes, the plot is a little, to say the least, confused and the supposed clash of personalities, with Vincent as the quick-thinking impulsive individual and Max as the control freak who has to plan and map out every aspect of his life, doesn't really work. In essence though, the whole thing works very well and is really worth watching, especially for fans of Michael Mann's other foremost work Heat. Look out for Javier Bardem's hard-to-spot cameo as the drug-dealing gangster, Felix.