Fairly formulaic

Cocktail review

Rated - 3.0 stars

By Hoffa from Lincolnshire, UK Avatar image

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Cocktail

Director Roger Donaldson
Genres Drama
Run time 99 mins Certificate 15

10th July 2004

First of all, if you aren't a Tom Cruise fan then you probably won't like this. Tom leaves the army and plans to make his fortune. His spirits soon sink when no one in the city wants to give him a start on the ladder to success. Working at a bar he meets Bryan Brown and they pull the crowds in as all action cocktail makers. Tom ends up in Jamacia and meets Elizabeth Shue. Things get complicated of course, and the Hollywood machine kicks in as usual. It's a reasonably enjoyable journey as long as you don't expect too much.