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Michael Lynderey: Wow... that's the exact same plot as Killers, the Heigl-Kutcher movie opening just three weekends before. That's a film that I don't think looks all that good, and while this is an improvement, I'm not completely sold on it, either. Still, it's summertime, so it'll probably be Cruise's first starring role since 2006 to make $100 million. As for Cameron Diaz, I've been a... major fan... since I saw her in The Mask when I was about eight, and that's probably not an opinion I'm willing to change anytime soon.

Jim Van Nest: I'm not a fan of Cruise or Diaz. The latter peaked with her first film, if you ask me. Yet, I REALLY want to see this movie. I think the trailer and the TV spots have been right on. They highlight the action, comedy and chemistry between the leads.

It may completely suck, but for me, it looks like a lot of fun.

David Mumpower: I'm not sure if mainstream America still has Tom Cruise ensconced in Time-Out over the Great Couch Jumping Incident of 2005. His madness is what sunk one of the best action films of the decade, Mission: Impossible III, a movie that deserved a much better fate. Keeping this in mind and acknowledging that whatever I may think of Tom Cruise as a person, I've generally liked his movie choices, this looks phenomenal. In fact, this may sound blasphemous but his performance in the trailer reminds me a lot of Cary Grant in Charade. It's that theme of ordinary woman meeting a man she doesn't know whether she can trust, but it's clearly being done as an over-the-top action film. I think that is a potent cocktail of cinema.

Yes, I have the same question some of you have expressed about how/why Cameron Diaz goes from innocent to dual gun-wielding maniac on a motorcycle in 90 seconds. I'm sure the movie will spell this out; however, that quick escalation/progression in the trailer is a bit startling. That's the only concern I have in what is quite simply a masterpiece of a trailer. I'm totally buying what they are selling here.

Max Braden: I think it's a hit, too. They've taken Mr. & Mrs. Smith and added a lot more fun into the mix. I don't exactly like Diaz's delivery of the goofy, naive girl, but I'm not sure who I would have cast instead. (Twenty or twenty-five years ago it would have been Melanie Griffith or Meg Ryan). I think Cruise's wild eyed behavior actually helps him a lot here and I almost get the feeling he's playing up his reputation. They're basically asking the audience "What would happen if you actually met Tom Cruise? What would he be like? He would be like this!" That's bound to pull in the female audience, and the guys are going to go happily to see the action. That's a winning trailer.

Shalimar Sahota: There seems to be a likeable Bollywood stupidity to this in regards to Cruise's character (especially when he's describing the life expectancy with him and without him). Like Max says about Cruise playing up his reputation, it's like watching Ethan Hunt having a breakdown. Also it still doesn't give away the whole plot. Muse's Uprising playing during the latter half strangely works!

Pete Kilmer: It looks like it's going to be quite fun, and when's the last time you've thought that about a Cameron Diaz film, let alone a Tom Cruise film? Tom is still in career repair mode a bit, he's showing in this trailer that he's got a bit a humorous edge to him AND still can do the action stuff. Cameron is back in wacky comedy/action role ala The Mask or the first Charlies Angel's movie. All positives around for me on this trailer.

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