The three best performances of Tom Cruise
While in the middle of the world the fourth installment of the adventures of agent Ethan Hunt (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol) sweeps the box office, its protagonist, Tom Cruise is on tour promoting the film directed by Brad Bird. Taking advantage of the fact that Cruise is in a very sweet moment in his career, with a new success on his hands, in Extracine we want to review his filmography, highlighting the three best performances that the Hollywood media star has made on the big screen .
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
It is the first adaptation of the famous saga of vampire novels written by Anne Rice. Neil Jordan surrounded himself with a roster of up-and-coming movie stars like Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater, and Kirsten Dunst. To attract the masses to the cinema, he turned to a young, charismatic actor with a large following to play the pivotal role of Lestat, the chosen one was Tom Cruise. When Anne Rice learned that Cruise was going to play the graceful, sibylline, scathing, and mischievous Lestat she screamed but she had to admit that the actor put on a magnificent performance.
A very pale blonde-dyed Cruise gave life to a hottie who, without being the absolute protagonist of the story, stands out easily above his co-stars. Lestat is a suspicious, arrogant vampire, with a whimsical and childish personality who enjoys killing and reveling in human misery, an elegant, sensual and sexual being, capable of seducing anyone with a look or a gesture. A vampire who wanders through time enjoying all the pleasures that immortality offers him. Tom Cruise knew how to capture the essence of a being full of contradictions, complexes and manias. He made it his own and convinced both the critics and the public. It must be said that no other member of the cast is at the level of him and that only the very young Kirsten Dunst is able to give him the reply.
Magnolia (1999)
At the end of the 20th century, Paul Thomas Anderson directed one of the best choral films about loneliness and love that I have seen on a movie screen. In a cast full of big names like Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy or Philip Seymour Hoffman. Along with these monsters of acting, Cruise shines with his own light, and the role they reserved for him is quite a challenge, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe in the same category.
The truth is that his Frank Mackey is the most unforgettable character in Magnolia, a mixture of telepreacher and super macho who can sell everything his "Seduce and Destroy" to men with low self-esteem. His performance is truly refreshing and surprising and moving. Mackey is a deep-seated character who is nothing more than a wretch unable to overcome the abandonment of his father (Jason Robards). His secrecy and denial are broken, bringing out his need for love and forgiveness towards the end of the film, it is then, when he reconciles with himself and his past at the foot of his father's bed. dying of him.
Collateral (2004)
Intense action thriller starring a sinister Tom Cruise accompanied by a very effective Jamie Foxx. Vincent (Cruise) gets into Max's (Foxx) taxi with the task of killing several people. A job that will take you all over town and involve Max. Cruise is the villain of the show and instills fear and respect in both Max and his victims. The actor is credible and is key for the film to work, without him, without his charismatic performance, Collateral would not have been the same, the star leaves his skin on the character, Vincent was Cruise's first villain (although Lestat could be considered a villain) and embroider it leaving a good taste in the viewer's mouth, even making you forget that you are seeing Tom Cruise.
