de palma be try to take a great tv suspense series and turn it into an action movie and and fails to be either . the plot be too thick and twisty for an action movie ( hence and all the confusion for the people who want an action movie ) and and there too much mayhem and uncontrolled improvisation to work a a tight and suspense fill caper like the original series . for those who want an action movie and i be tell de palma dumbed down the other mi movie and thus move it further yet from the spirit of the original series . as far a an action movie go and it get plenty of action and but it hard not to roll your eye at cruise survive that bomb blast towards the end . yeah and real good imf type planning there and cruise . you plan on survive that bomb blast and get catapult up to the next car all along and right . but what really blow be the way de palma ruin the premise of the series by make phelps out to be the baddie . don not let de palma get a hold of columbo and or he will have the lieutenant become a serial killer and with tom cruise and his partner and track him down in a car chase and kill him in some fiery explosion at the end . complete waste of time for anyone who like either genre .