Instantly Forgettable Movie (review contains spoiler)

Rating: Null/10 (6 July 2001)

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Don't waste your money on this one, not even rental fees.
A lot of people will be attracted by the combination of Mr Ultimate Badass Samuel L. Jackson (hereinafter SLJ) and Tommy Lee Jones, with star of the future Guy Pearce thrown in. However, the problem with this movie is very simple. It sets up a lot of interesting issues, but wimps out of considering them!
The premise is that SLJ leads a marine corps rescue mission to Yemen to rescue the US ambassador. Ambassador, played by Ben Kingsley, is a coward, which contrasts nicely with SLJ's manliness! The trouble is, in the heat of the battle, SLJ gives the order to fire on the angry crowd, and leaves them pretty much all dead. Should he be punished or was it an honest mistake in the heat of battle? Can we tolerate "mistakes" like that?
**SPOILER BEGINS**
Well, we don't have to examine such deep issues! By the miracle of moviemaking, we can have an entirely different angry crowd in the embassy scene at the start (angry) to the one at the end (angry and armed, right down to the 6 year old girl - nice one Friedkin)! SLJ was right all along and all those liberal politicos trying to put him on trial were, as per usual, doing the bidding of their foreign masters! What a world we live in!
**SPOILER ENDS**
Well...I would prefer to take my nationalism neat, thanks - not weighed down with conspiracy theory bull. The Jack Ryan film sequence is much more *honest* and fun than this tosh!