Why do they make these movies?

Rating: 1/10 (3 April 2007)

This movie happened to pop-up at a sneak preview and I sincerely don't understand why this movie has been made. The story is laughable, the action is absurd, the characters are..uhh which characters? Why does a recent Oscar nominee lower himself to this kind of pulp? I liked Mark Wahlberg in e.g. The Departed, but why even bother to shoot this movie. Probably a lot of dollars makes the choice a lot easier. If you want a movie which has no plot, a lot of Steven Seagal/Rambo-type absurd action, this probably is your movie and worth a laugh. I can't believe so many people rate this movie with a 10 and all of these positive comments.... But at least this movie puts good movies back into context, so for this purpose it has passed gloriously!