This was not a movie Washington will be remembered for.

Rating: Null/10 (15 October 2004)

I really don't think Scott should be proud of this work. Although he has produced some good movies, this one will fade quietly into the realm of the forgotten. Washington's performance was, as always, excellent. Dakota Fanning was superb. Micky Rourke was lacking. But even the best performances can not shine through poor direction and production. The photography during the action scenes was poor at best. The use of profanity by Radha Mitchell was unrealistic. The painted backdrops were much, much too obvious. The closeups were far too reminiscent of the old Spaghetti Westerns. The constant switching of languages, especially between the same people in the same conversation, and subtitles jumping all over the screen were extremely distracting. And I really don't believe, even in Mexico, dancers at a rave would continue dancing and cheering while someone fired a sawed off shotgun several times in their midst. But worst of all were the extremely bad visual effects. The story line, although old and tired, was somewhat revived by good acting and an unusual locale. All things considered, the movie was very unbelievable. I rented it as a PPV via satellite dish. Although it was an "all day ticket", I didn't think it was worth a second, free viewing.