Not a Winner

Rating: 3/10 (14 December 2007)

In the beginning of the movie it looked promising but things went downhill very quickly. The end was absolutely ridiculous. The last hour was completely cheesy!! I wouldn't watch it again. What a waste of time it was the first time! I thought the plot was pretty good, but having Bruce Willis in all those body "damaging" sequences and then popping back up was so dumb. Please, a fighter plane! I know it is Die Hard, but still! The casting also seemed off. I like Timothy Olyphant (Thomas Gabriel) in his role and Maggie Q (Mai) was a good cast. On the other hand, I couldn't stand Justin Long (Matt Farrell) in his role. Watching him was like nails on a chalkboard. I also would have liked to see someone else in Cliff Curtis's (Bowman's) role. He was not a believable leader. Also, as usual, Kevin Smith (Warlock) was ultimately BORING. For such a long anticipated movie it really seems like it was "thrown" together carelessly.