Superb? Maybe if you have the hots for Tom Cruise.
I went to see it with some friends, and told others to rent the video. The 1950s version, that is. End to end, it was so chock full of ludicrous happenings (scientific impossibilities, continuity problems, unexplained scenes) that I thought Ed Wood had directed this thing.
The complaints you have are related to script not direction. Mood is more important then logic in a thriller.