gets great after a while

Rating: Null/10 (26 July 2000)

This movie had the longest act 1 that I've ever seen. It had to be about an hour long, and it really wasn't that interesting. Act 1s are about setting up the mission and this setup seemed to take forever. Once it was established, however, the movie suddenly went from dull to great. The mission of a team going over to this foreign enemeys camp and blowing up their bridge was pretty cool. The planning of it was handled nicely and then the actual moments of execution were terrific. These moments were the climax of the movie and it became so much more complex than it looked like it would be. Simply pushing a button became a difficult task and this conflict gave the movie a lot of energy. The second half of the movie is incredible. I only wish they hadn't taken so long to get it. Overall, it is worth the effort of being bored in that first half because the second half more than makes up for it.