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It wasn't as awful as the critics make it out to be, but nowhere near as good as the first Fraser/Weisz picture. My biggest peeve with Cruise right now is his refusal to acknowledge his age in his roles - he plays twenty-somethings and other characters are expected to act like accordingly. It was jarring in Edge of Tomorrow that no one was questioning why there was a 50-something Private joining a combat unit like a new recruit during wartime, when ages skew younger. Hell, even a 30-something would seem ancient to those kids.

Having Dr. Jekyll in this movie call him "young man" and "son" when Crowe's a year younger than Cruise was just silly, even with his character sporting a graying beard. Hell, Cruise and the almost-40 Johnson were both a bit old to be Long Range Recon, I suspect.