Well, he plays a real a-hole blue-collar dockworker, which for him is believable.
No kidding? It seems like some posters believe Cruise did a decent acting job on the character. Of course, I was never a big fan of Cruise to begin with.
I enjoy a good sci-fi movie every now and then, but this one doesn't seem worth it to me. Some of my friends have seen it. One enjoyed it, but the others claimed it was so, so--nothing to rave (or rant) about. The old 1953 version of War of the Worlds was a pretty good film for its day.
Spielberg still makes an incredible movie and TV series now and then--regardless of his leftist politics. His most recent film isn't calling out to me to spend the time or bucks. Maybe...just maybe, I'll rent it in the future.