25 years ago, Tom Cruise gave his best performance in one divisive '90s epic

Story by Alex Welch

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25 years later, a look back at Tom Cruise's most divisive yet defining performance in a '90s cinematic epic

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In the 1990s, Cruise was willing to take on more emotionally complex and tonally challenging roles beyond his signature action movie persona
Cruise's performance in this '90s film divided critics but is now seen as one of the high points of his legendary career

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Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Top Gun: Maverick