Valkyrie (2008)

Cruise is off time-travelling again and this time it’s war, as Alex and Ben discuss Bryan Singer’s Hitler assassination conspiracy thriller, Valkyrie. Cruise’s first (but not last) collaboration with screenwriter extraordinaire Chris McQuarrie, this presents him with another opportunity to play an unlikely war-time hero and raises some important questions: How does his portrayal of Claus Von Stauffenberg compare to Ron Kovic? Does he settle the question of if you could, would you go back and kill Hitler? What does this mean for the Cruisiverse? And just how do you say, ‘Woo!’ in German? All this and some other stuff too. Music is Mission:Improbable by Dorian Kelly; artwork is by Laura Highton; contact details are at the end of the episode.