What a Damn Shame

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 2001)

Sorry I walked out on this one (the first time I have ever done this). Sad really because despite all the hype and the bad reviews I was still really looking forward to seeing this movie.

This was very Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys, Crimson Tide, The Rock, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in Sixty Seconds and (Somewhat out of place!) Ugly Coyote), what with those big bangs so I didn't blame Jerry for this howler of a film because I expected this from him!!!

Randall Wallace's (Braveheart & The Man in a Iron Mask) script is quite simply unacceptable in modern cinema and as for the director Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock & Armageddon) I have one request please please hold your shots you idiot! So many great ship sinking moments were ruined by him cutting to something else.

The actors Ben Affleck (Chasing Amy, Armageddon & Dogma), Josh Hartnett (Halloween: H20, The Faculty & The Virgin Suicides), Kate Beckinsale (Shooting Fish, Brokedown Palace & The Golden Bowl), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting & Snatch), Jon Voight (Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance & Mission: Impossible), William Scott Lee (The Opposite Sex, October Sky & Gone in Sixty Seconds), Cuba Gooding JNR (Boyz N the Hood, Jerry Maguire & As Good as it Gets), James King (Four Faces of God, The Beauty Loop & Blow) Alec Baldwin (Beetlejuice, Talk Radio & The Hunt for the Red October) and finally Tom Sizemore (True Romance, Natural Born Killers & Saving Private Ryan) promised so much more, but I really do blame the poor script for this and the likes of Beckinsale's and Hartnett's promising Hollywood career's are no way near in doubt.

Such a shame the American's couldn't honor those who died that sad day with a better movie. 5.9/10