Neither Cruise nor Hanks is considered an improvement over Schwarzenegger. Hanks is interesting because he rarely plays this type of action hero, but the final choice is Cruise.
The horse and passengers potentially exceeding the elevator’s capacity is debated using rough weights and capacity estimates. A horse defecating in the elevator is suggested as a missed joke.
Omega Sector’s authority, accountability, building, and ability to mobilize military force are questioned. Harry’s use of state surveillance to investigate his wife is treated as a major management failure.
News coverage might expose Harry’s identity, but a counterargument notes that the reporters explicitly do not know who is responsible.
Harry’s uncertainty about whether striking the bridge might detonate a nuclear weapon is criticized.
Harry’s distinctive appearance is questioned as a liability for undercover counterterrorism work.
Helen failing to recognize Harry’s body during the seduction and failing to suspect his occupation after seventeen years are major nitpicks.
Harry’s accent, languages, combat skills, and flight training raise unanswered questions about his origin and recruitment; imagined college-to-spy biographies are jokes.
Helen’s indifference to his job seems less plausible with modern family location tracking that could expose his overseas travel.
The tuxedo remaining dry beneath the diving suit is questioned and defended as a Bond convention.
Harry visiting Juno the day after a conspicuous massacre seems reckless, particularly given his distinctive appearance and the lack of an apparent international response.
Helen transforming her dress so neatly by tearing it is questioned.
The dead limousine driver keeping the vehicle on course is questioned.
Dana taking the key without an obvious plan and the logistics of abducting her from Washington and bringing her to Florida are questioned; the wallet photograph explains how the terrorists learned about her.
Whether the horse could support Harry’s weight over the roof edge is questioned and defended, with the earlier elevator objection repeated.
The terrorists’ repeatedly terrible marksmanship is criticized, with Rambo II offered as an even greater example; shooting bystanders is distinguished from hitting the heroes.
A sequel reportedly reached a completed script with Cameron and Schwarzenegger returning, but was abandoned after 9/11 because its light treatment of terrorism no longer seemed appropriate.
The television adaptation is mentioned, followed by uncertainty about its availability and a joking proposal for Gene Hackman to return as the Heston character.
The better-with discussion rejects Jan de Bont as an improvement and proposes Bill Paxton’s Hudson persona from Aliens, jokingly extending it into a Simon Hudson identity.
The remaining unanswered question asks whether inability to tango is a major envy, then debates whether ordinary social life ever offers a suitable occasion.
Tango lessons and a performance at a Ringer holiday party are proposed, followed by questions about learning time and whether people know more than one tango song.
Whether Harry has slept with other women on missions is questioned, with his flirtatious behavior offered as speculation rather than an established answer.
Life lessons propose not stealing the ice trays and suggest lying to a spouse can work out; both suggestions draw discomfort.
Encouraging a wife’s adventurous sexual side is the strongly advocated alternative life lesson, tied to Helen’s dissatisfaction and attraction to excitement.
