One way of thinking about this movie is that a third of it is Captain Pete "Mav" (played by Tom Cruise) training other pilots, a third is Mav smiling with feel-good music playing in the background, and a third is the actual mission, a.k.a. The action part. The training is painfully uninteresting and cheesy. The smiling is fine because it's expected and creates a positive atmosphere for the viewer. It also makes the viewer more attached to the character when that character is in trouble later in the movie.

The actual mission is the last third and I have the most to say about that. I should point out that it probably was not a third in terms of the actual portion of the movie that it covered. More accurately, it's probably about a fifth of the movie or less. This was the best part of the movie, but even this was not great or even that good. As mentioned, it's a fairly smaller part of the movie. But beyond that, the scenes are completely predictable. Now, just because something is predictable does not necessarily make it bad. The feeling here is that this action-part of the movie feels like watching the trailer over and over for 20-30 minutes. There is nothing that unique about the entire scene. The only positive aspect of it is that it's not boring.

One last note, the storyline, it almost doesn't exist. The storyline is that there's a mission that has to be completed. That's it. In summation, the movie leaves a lot to be desired.