Overblown mediocrity at best

Rating: 3/10 (4 December 2000)

Very disappointing. The story is predictable, the acting and writing mostly awful. Judd Hirsch and Jeff Goldblum have a couple of moments, as does Mary McDonnell. Robert Loggia is excellent as always. Will Smith is Will Smith, and Vivica Fox is beautiful. Bill Pullman is wooden as the President. The ending is a virtual rehash of Return of the Jedi (which was itself a rehash of Star Wars.) The patriotic (read "jingoistic") speeches fall flat. A major waste of moviemaking money and talent.