Predictably stupid

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2004)

Oh my word, is Nick Cage channeling Segal or some other action-movie retard?
I can't believe that John Cusak is in this. Money must have been tight at his house. Stupid stunts, ridiculous situations, lame attempts to be cute all culminate in a giant dung heap of a movie. The sickening sweetness of Nick Cage's sob story is horrible. Rambo was more believable. If there was one more "interesting" dilemma for Nick to be "heroic" about I would have run out of the movie puking. Nick Cage hit the bottom and drilled a hole in it a mile deep. John Malcovich must have been high to have signed onto this one. Ving Rames is in his usual role as tough guy. On the positive side, John Cusak has some cute lines and "Mr. Pink" is interesting. Action movies as a whole aren't worth a crap if they take place in a real-world setting and don't stay a little closer to real-world scenarios and stunts. I miss believable movies like "Magnum Force".