Just Annoying

Rating: 5/10 (13 March 2005)

Warning. SPOILERS! Come on folks, an 8? I'm willing to suspend some disbelief with an action film, but the plot just totally strained credulity. The film is just a grade B thriller/crime drama with better than average production values. There really isn't much to it besides the plot, so one would think that it would have a few unexpected twists and turns, but NOOO, the plot just plays out like a hackneyed crime novel. Their one attempt at theme where Vincent tells Max that he's never going to get his dream was the rather sophomoric. No S**T? That was obvious for anyone with an IQ over 80 ten minutes into the film. It was like the writers had to strain to be obvious and then to be absolutely sure you got it, they had to also tell you!
The icing on the cake for this film was the awful ending where Annie (a FEDERAL PROSECUTOR) leaves the scene of a crime. Does she try to notify the BART police, or the station master or even prop open the door of the train to keep the train from moving? NO! She and Max just walk away and allow the now deceased Vincent to ride on to the next station. SHEESH!
And how about that federal building? Does anyone really believe that federal buildings are so carelessly guarded? Just try getting into one some day. They always have a team of federal police on hand to prevent that very thing from happening. This was worse than another Tom Cruise film "Mission Impossible" where they easily got into CIA headquarters by posing as firemen. What a joke!
I give it a 5 because it was worth the 5 bucks for OnDemand, but I'd be rather disappointed if I'd Spent $20 to see it at a theater.