Taps isn’t very good. Cruise is the 3rd or 4th most important character in an ensemble. He does have a few good Cruise moments. Even in 1981, he was barely sane.

The movie is about a military school that is commandeered by its students after they learn it’ll be shut down. The characters are pretty broadly drawn but who cares because it’s an allegory! It’s a ponderous movie but it isn’t very deep. Also in it: young Sean Penn! He’s pretty good.