Huge Waste of Time and Money

Rating: 1/10 (7 December 2008)

It takes some doing, to turn a GREAT book into such a terrible movie. I challenge ANYONE to read Stephen Hunter's series, and to then see this awful film. The flaws range from a script that is WAY too busy and riddled with holes. The secret to Hunter's books, is that he keeps everything relatively simple, and makes the inner turmoil of Bob Lee Swagger the "rub". Instead, Mark Wahlberg is so miscast, and the more they give him to do, the flatter he falls. It is not his fault that he is nothing more than an average actor, but it is the fault of producers and directors to let him fail this wildly. These are the types of movies that make me have to write; thanks to these enormous wastes of money and of time. So much talent in Danny Glover, Ned Beatty, and Antwon Fuqua simply frittered away for nothing! The writer is to blame, and Lorenzo Bonaventura as Producer should be ashamed of himself, for throwing someone's money into the toilet. I love action-adventure, and these books, but this rivals "Conspiracy Theory" and "The Last Action Hero" for pure Hollywood bloat. Levon Helm's 4 minutes are the ONLY redeeming quality here. Truly AWFUL film!