He has to choose to pull a switch that will direct a trolly toward one person or a group of people. But the one person is his high school sweetheart.

Allied

Probably the worst film that Tom Cruise was in, was 1982's Losin It, about "four teenagers trying to lose their virginity." But you know what? He gave the role 100%.

In 1981 he had a small but significant role in Taps, and starred in 1983's All the Right Moves, which showed he could take on serious roles. By the time he was cast in Interview with the Vampire, he'd been in Born on the Fourth of July and A Few Good Men, which proved he was a serious actor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise_filmography

He basically plays a vampire in Cocktail.

Cruise is also likely wearing heels.

It's also possible that Cruise is on a slight rise that's disguised by the ground cover.

I saw it in the cinema when it came out! My first Michael Mann movie. It was a lot of fun because people cheered anytime Cruise killed somebody.

It's not like Cruise never played sociopaths before that. Even when he's a good guy he's kinda fucked up. Look at Top Gun - Maverick is extremely narcissist with shades of OCD peppered in. Jerry Maguire - even more narcissism. Mission Impossible movies depict a whole kaleidoscope of psychopathic behaviors in Ethan Hunt.

He also played a piece of shit narcissist in Magnolia and for a time it was hailed as his best role. The same year he did scumbag doofus husband in Eyes Wide Shut. He have thoroughly shades of gray faux righterous control freak in The Firm. A couple of years ago he played drug smuggler Barry Seal and it was a feast because he adds the whole loveable rogue shtick to a borderline personality. Yeah, and Digger has him playing literal Hugo Drax megalomaniac. If anything, Cruise would've been at home in Megalopolis.