For clodhoppers only. A complete waste of time.

Rating: 1/10 (16 October 2010)

The only atoning feature is a better than average performance by Bruce Willis playing, yet again, Bruce Willis. They held back on his trademark white singlet smeared with sweat, grime and tomato sauce this time round. Bruce never plays a high IQ dood, so, like the rest of the grunge blue collar group he leads, would never have made any astronaut team, but what the heck, it's only another gross Bruckheimer extravaganza, why not sit back, relax and enjoy? Because it's so phony, is why. The dialog is corny, the plot oh-so-predictable, the name players acting by numbers as if they were on remote or auto pilot. Surprised to see Ben Affleck there, he can act a bit, even if he looks the same as Matt Damon and Ken Wahl; he must have needed the money. I wonder if ordinary Americans have any idea how much this category of Hollywood slop impacts on America's reputation abroad. It leaves a dent the size of Texas, know what I mean? No other nation does it all quite so badly.