Nothing to write home about

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2006)

The script apparently had some promise but a series of poor casting decisions keep this movie from reaching its full potential. For example, casting an actress who is half Zambian as a "white woman" (by her own admission in one of her lines) was really not on, nor was having Ludicrous around without at least one scene where he can show his magnificent afro.
Ryan Phillipe was very good as the naive rookie cop that gets to shoot his first random person by the end of the film, and the country music in the soundtrack was used to good effect. It was nice to see Marina Sirtis again as well, and Brendan Fraser's hair looked great. Despite all odds, he and Sandra Bullock both managed very good performances, though their scenes were limited. My personal favourite was the woman who played the enraged, panicked wife of the illegal immigrant "importer" at the hospital. It's about time someone calls a nurse a "cow" for asking stupid questions.
Good for a rainy afternoon, though frankly the laughs are few and far between.