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For those of you disappointed that Tom Cruise bailed on the upcoming action film Salt](Salt (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) (Angelina Jolie took his place), we’ve got the trailer for the equally ridiculous-looking spy thriller Knight & Day](Knight and Day (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) (formerly Wichita), courtesy of E! Online. The movie reunites Cruise with his *Vanilla Sky *costar Cameron Diaz in a plot about a lovelorn woman romanced by a secret agent. And against her wishes, she ends up involved in his latest mission. On paper it sounds like 27 Dresses](27 Dresses (2008) - Movie | Moviefone) meets Mission: Impossible](Mission: Impossible (1996) - Movie | Moviefone) (with a little *Bourne Identity *mixed in), and unfortunately there’s not much shown in this spot to make it look any better than that.
Given that it’s directed by James Mangold (Walk the Line; 3:10 to Yuma) and features the always appealing Peter Sarsgaard, I’m trying to overlook the sitcom-friendly title, contrived premise and, most of all, Cruise’s smiley performance, which seems to combine Ethan Hunt with Jerry Maguire. Seriously, I hope this is more *True Lies *and Mr. and Mrs. Smith](Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) - Movie | Moviefone) than it appears.
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