Don't get fooled with all the big names like Burt Reynolds,James Woods and Anne Archer. They are just glorified extra's. Their scenes were probably filmed in one day or so. Whatever their motives for being in this movie, if you have an actor like James Woods you better make good use of him. To me this is a sign of bad direction through and through. The plot itself wasn't that bad. And the acting from most of the actors was above average. Cuba Gooding Jr. however was terrible. He was so unbelievable that I almost laughed at his dramatic scenes. And since this was meant as a serious movie that can't be a good thing. The action scenes were not bad,but they lacked that special punch to make it more exciting. Again better direction was needed. Also the pacing was wrong for a movie like this. It took the main character almost half an hour to get in action. For an action thriller of only 90 minutes that is far too slow. The only redeeming factor is Angie Harmon. She does her best to make it all work. Too bad the director left her hanging. Yes,this movie could have been much better with a great director. Andy Cheng is far too inexperienced as a director to pull it off. And for an action/stunt coordinator of his caliber you'd expect at least more exciting action scenes. Don't waste your time with this one. Avoid!

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Låt dig inte luras med alla stora namn som Burt Reynolds, James Woods och Anne Archer. De är bara förhärligade statister. Deras scener filmades troligen på en dag eller så. Oavsett motiven till att vara med i filmen, om du har en skådespelare som James Woods, så är det bäst att du utnyttjar honom. För mig är detta ett tecken på dålig riktning genom och genom. Intrigen i sig var inte så dålig. Och skådespeleriet från de flesta skådespelarna var över genomsnittet. Kuba Gooding Jr. var dock fruktansvärt. Han var så otrolig att jag nästan skrattade åt hans dramatiska scener. Och eftersom det här var menat som en seriös film som inte kan vara bra. Actionscenerna var inte dåliga, men de saknade det där speciella punschslaget för att göra det mer spännande. Återigen behövdes bättre vägledning. Det var också fel för en sån här film. Det tog huvudpersonen nästan en halvtimme att komma i aktion. För en actionthriller på bara 90 minuter som är alldeles för långsam. Den enda återlösande faktorn är Angie Harmon. Hon gör sitt bästa för att få allt att fungera. Synd att regissören lämnade henne hängande. Ja, filmen kunde ha varit mycket bättre med en bra regissör. Andy Cheng är alldeles för oerfaren som regissör för att klara det. Och för en action / stunt koordinator av hans kaliber du förväntar dig åtminstone mer spännande actionscener. Slösa inte tid på den här. Undvik! Tyckte den här recensionen positivt eller negativt om filmen? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
Don't be fooled by all the big names like Burt Reynolds, James Woods and Anne Archer. They're just glorified extras. Their scenes were probably filmed in a day or so. No matter the motives for being in the movie, if you have an actor like James Woods, you'd better use him. For me, this is a sign of bad direction through and through. The plot itself was not so bad. And the acting of most actors was above average. However, Cuba Gooding Jr. was terrible. He was so amazing, I almost laughed at his dramatic scenes. And since this was meant to be a serious movie that can't be good. The action scenes weren't bad, but they missed that special punch beat to make it more exciting. Again, better guidance was needed. It was also wrong for a movie like this. It took the main character almost half an hour to get into action. For an action thriller in just 90 minutes that's way too slow. The only redeeming factor is Angie Harmon. She's doing her best to make everything work. Too bad the director left her hanging. Yeah, the movie could have been much better with a good director. Andy Cheng is way too inexperienced as a director to make it. And for an action/stunt coordinator of his calibre you expect at least more exciting action scenes. Don't waste your time on this. Avoid! Did this review like the film positively or negatively? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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