Bad at the theaters but enjoyable on video

Rating: 6/10 (27 April 2002)

I first watched this movie on the big screen here in Germany back in November and after i left the cinema I was really disappointed, especially by the german synchronization. Yesterday I watched it again on Video and I must admit that it delivers, but only on the small screen. It's just another popcorn movie with relatively flawless characters but extremely entertaining action sequences. The effects look very good and the editing is very fast, so that you don't even have time to think about the movie's realism at all. Overall, not as good as other films by Renny Harlin( for example Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger or the brilliant The Long Kiss Goodnight )and even Stallone made better movies ( First Blood, Lock Up or Assassins for example ) , but it's an okay movie for some beers with some buddies on a Saturday evening. Watch it again on video an you will see what I mean!