the problem with Tom Cruise, as an Actor he makes a LOT of demands of the production that can vastly change the story as written. Simple things like make sure shorter people are cast to make him appear taller, and always having a cute woman as a love interest.
IMHO i think every movie since Top Gun he made worse with his Ego and demands
just my $0.02 you can ignore it, not a hill I will die on
oh, you think! I like Tom Cruise. But agreed, it’s a story that’s really just very cool @Kinnison