Ugh, watch something else!

Rating: 1/10 (12 December 2000)

A horrible movie that managed to make 3 hours seem like 12 hours. It had a predictable story line based on characters that I could really not care about even though I tried (because it would have made the movie easier to watch and I like Pacino). As though the story wasn't bad enough, I was also subjected to annoying jerky camera motion during action scenes that appeared to be an attempt to harness that battle feeling like in the movie Saving Private Ryan (where the camera motion actually works well). Too much Hollywood and too silly of a movie for me to consciously recommend this movie to anyone at all.
(Stupidity Spoiler-Don't read this last part if you don't want to know a specific non-plot detail from the movie.) Finally, there is a scene focused around a player getting his eye ripped out in the endzone. Come on, who's bright idea was that, an eye laying on the ground (note-recycled prop from a bad slasher pic). I suppose it was intended as a `shocker' and I only hope former Raiders center Don Mosebar didn't see this movie.