Should have been an hour shorter

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 1999)

The first 90 minutes of this movie were slightly better than I expected; it gives every promise of being the fun, flashy, escapist, visually impressive, adrenaline-inducing action flick we're looking for. But it just goes on far too long. There are only so many times that another unforeseen mishap can befall the characters, only to have them succeed at the last possible moment, before it becomes laughable and we stop caring. Also, the "emotional" moments have all the subtlety of a foghorn. If only they had pared off about 40 to 60 minutes, we could have had a perfectly decent action movie.