June Havens is just trying to fly home with some classic car parts when she bumps into charming stranger Roy Miller. Literally. Twice. The two immediately share an attraction, and perhaps they might have exchanged phone numbers or something by the end of the flight, if it weren't for the fact that Roy is a fugitive secret agent. June finds herself plunged into a world of crashing planes, high speed car chases, and international conspiracy. Which would be quite enough to complicate the relationship, even if June could be sure that Roy was actually the good guy in all this ...
Knight and Day is a very light, very silly action comedy with two personable leads. Much as I don't care for Tom Cruise, he does this kind of stuff very well, and Diaz is solid even if the script spends rather too much time having June squeal while Roy does all the action stuff. Yeah, I know the image above shows her waving a gun around, and shes does eventually do so, but there's a lot of squealing before we get that far, trust me.
Although the theatrical release of the film does have some rather awkward transitions (there's an extended edition that may address the worst of these), overall Knight and Day is a passably entertaining bit of cinematic fluff. It's not likely to stay with you for very long after it's over, though, so definitely save it for a time when you want the lightest of escapism.
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