Knight and Day

"Every Hit Man Deserves a Second Shot!"

2010 1h 49m EN

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6.2

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★6.2TMDB · 5,064

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A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

“Every Hit Man Deserves a Second Shot!”

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Cast

Tom Cruise
Roy Miller
Cameron Diaz
June Havens
Peter Sarsgaard
Fitzgerald
Viola Davis
CIA Director Isabel George
Jordi Mollà
Antonio Quintana
Paul Dano
Simon Feck
Maggie Grace
April Havens
Marc Blucas
Rodney Burris

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Mangold
Writers: Patrick O'Neill, Giacomo Ghiazza, James Mangold
Languages: English, German, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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$117M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Spanish.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by James Mangold, shot by Phedon Papamichael. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Quincy Z. Gunderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz and Peter Sarsgaard carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Every Hit Man Deserves a Second Shot!".

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The take

James Mangold directs. Phedon Papamichael behind the camera. John Powell scores. Quincy Z. Gunderson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, German, Spanish.

Trivia

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1$117M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, German, Spanish.
4Directed by James Mangold, shot by Phedon Papamichael. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Quincy Z. Gunderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz and Peter Sarsgaard carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Every Hit Man Deserves a Second Shot!".
9IMDB entry: tt1013743 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 27 themes, including "central intelligence agency (cia)", "airport", "inventor", "kidnapping".

The technical file

Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
Original score: John Powell
Editing: Quincy Z. Gunderson
Production design: Andrew Menzies
Makeup / hair: Kathrine Gordon
VFX supervisor: Eric Durst
Sound: Paul Massey
Stunt coordinator: Gregg Smrz
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $117,000,000
Box office: $261,989,769
Return: 224% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Knight and Day (2010)

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Andres Gomez2013-01-27
★ 3/10
OMFG! I thought MIssion: Impossible 2 was the worst movie I would watch from Tom Cruise ... I was wrong. There's only one thing in Knight and Day that is not that bad as in MI2, and it is that the movie doesn't take seriously itself, something that MI2 does. About the mixing of Spanish stereotypes and festivities in Seville ... no comments :(
The Movie Mob2023-01-02
★ 6/10
Knight and Day is a forgettable but still entertaining Tom Cruise spy action comedy. Knight and Day has all the elements of a Tom Cruise action movie: motorcycle chases, quippy one-liners, frequent explosions, and lots of running. It’s a fun formula that I have watched many times. Knight and Day provides all that, along with exceptional director James Mangold and incredible talent with Cameron Diaz, Viola Davis, and Paul Dano, but sadly underwhelms a little. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not a bad movie, but the CGI and green screen throughout the film were distractingly obvious, and much of the dialogue and plot twists oozed with cheese and cliche. But you can’t keep that Tim Cruise charisma from taking a mediocre film and charming it up a little more with all kinds of stunts, jumping, running, and smirks.
Rob2023-05-13
★ 10/10
This is one of those subtle movies people just don't seem to get. Your average Joe just expects an action flick, so that's all Joe watches it for. WRONG! Well, right, yes it's got lots of action but if that's all you expect from it then you're missing the brilliance of all the nuances Tom brings to this character. There are so many subtle moments throughout this adventure I couldn't begin to count. Just a couple of the main ones are, Roy is a spy who doesn't lie, he also has the morality of an untainted youngster. You need to watch this movie without action-tinted glasses.