Tom Cruise's performance in "Born on the Fourth of July", propelled by Oliver Stone's pile driving screenplay. was earth shattering. Then, in a one/two punch, he was rocketed to well deserved international superstardom in "Top Gun": a steamy, supersonic saga of loss, self protection, and the armor piercing salvation of a woman's love. From "Rainman" to "The Last Samurai", Tom Cruise has given us sorrow, defeat, redemption, and victory, but, most of all, love.