Lacks any sense of originality anywhere.

Rating: 5/10 (29 October 2004)

As I said, this films lacks any sense of originality anywhere. This film is unoriginal. This film is too-long. Denzel Washington has become dependent on big budgets. Christopher Walken is Christopher Walken, in every film he's in. The plot is dull and when I saw it, I could guess the outcome of every single scene. Tony Scott still has not made a classic film to date. WHY was this film made? I could not give you a truly honest answer, except to entertain the audience mindlessly with brutality. Recommended tag-line, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back meets The Passion of The Christ meets Ransom meets Heat meets Hannibal meets CandyMan meets Leon meets Seven- rather pointlessly- like turning up to a professional football match featuring no strikers, no goalkeepers, no referee, no linesmen and no pitch.