Mystified by the staccato edit on the opening hour, homages come too sporadic & piecemeal, nor is the plane fight especially fun, but everything legibly horrible is deeply compelling. That shot he dives off the warship - what the fuck?? Horizon of suffocation. Sharp & bleak. The image of the steam showering off Cruise as he's inducted into the submarine cult, unreal, very funny when equally unhinged Trammell Tillman plays "yes and?" Terrifying scale. I assume there's a point in him being reborn, floated back to solid ground in the foetal position, not sure the final act re what it is? Rewatches may solder some sense.