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Tom Cruise plays an eccentric billionaire in a doomsday short film

Grant St. Clair
Jul 14, 2026
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Tom Cruise (360b / Shutterstock.com)

To be honest and vulnerable, the last thing I remember liking Tom Cruise in was that mistakenly uploaded The Mummy trailer with the music and sound effects missing. Before that, it was probably Collateral, if only because his villain turn allowed him to flex his acting muscles instead of being yet another runny jumpy …

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