Culture news One of Tom Cruise’s best films leaves Netflix in a few days: there is still time to see this unique film
Subscribers to SVOD services have made up their minds. Certain programs are destined to disappear from catalogs after a period of availability determined by agreements between streaming platforms and rights holders. Netflix is not to be outdone and regularly sees its offering lose a major asset. At the end of March, one of Tom Cruise’s best films bows out.
Tom Cruise, the savior of Hollywood
Tom Cruise is considered by his peers – Steven Spielberg in the first place – as one of the saviors of Hollywood and the Hollywood film industry following the Covid-19 pandemic which shook our civilization in 2020-2021. Top Gun: Maverick was a phenomenal success both critically and financially. The continuation of the adventures of Lieutenant Peter “Maverick” Mitchell took everything in its supersonic passage by collecting 1.496 billion US dollars for an estimated budget of 170 to 177 million.
The American actor is also known to the general public for his role as a special agent in the Mission Impossible film franchise. For 28 years and the film directed by Brian de Palma, Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt. The eighth film in the saga is also currently in production. Supposed to be released in June 2024, Mission Impossible 8 (formerly titled Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part 2) is now expected for May 23, 2025. The film was a victim of the actor/actress and screenwriter strikes that hit Hollywood during the spring and summer 2023.
One of Tom Cruise’s best roles
If Tom Cruise is considered an “untouchable” in Hollywood in 2024, this was not always the case. The actor, a fervent supporter of the Church of Scientology, has attracted the wrath of several influential figures in the field including Steven Spielberg for his public positions in 2005 during the promotion of the science fiction film “War of the Worlds”. It will return with the odor of holiness many years later. Indeed, things change quickly in cinema.
A year earlier, Tom Cruise played one of the most memorable roles of his career. Collateral is an action thriller directed and written by Michael Mann who distinguished himself in 1995 with Heat. This feature film notably served as inspiration for the best mission in GTA IV “Three Leaf Clover”. Coming back to Collateral, Tom Cruise plays a hitman whose mission is to eliminate five targets living in Los Angeles. The star here opposites Jamie Foxx (Miami Vice: Two Cops in Miami), Javier Bardem (Dune, Part II) and Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner aka Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe).
This thriller imagined by Michael Mann was praised for its narrative intensity and its propensity to captivate its audience. The remarkable performances of Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx left no one indifferent, and the same goes for the virtuoso direction of the American filmmaker as well as the urban and realistic atmosphere highlighting a recognizable city of Los Angeles. Collateral leaves Netflix on March 31, 2024 after spending six months in the catalog (added October 1, 2023).
The synopsis of the film Collateral:
Max picks up a man in his taxi who offers him $600 for his services. A promise of easy money that goes wrong when he realizes that his client is an assassin. – Netflix France