okay summer movie, but barely

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2004)

most summer movies are not meant to always be plausible, or logical but this movie does stretch the bounds of what's tolerable for a summer movie. great special effects without a doubt. dennis quaid and jake gyllenhaal are likable leads. cute lead girl in the form of rossum.
SPOILERS
the Americans going across the river into Mexico is the best and most original part of the movie. i loved that and all the irony that goes with it! however, i think it's a bit ridiculous to have allowed quaid to have survived his trek to nyc to save his son. perhaps even more ridiculous that his son and his gang survive. i know, it's a summer movie but even the plausibility of summer movies should have their limits. i thought this movie was no better than troy or van helsing.
if the makers of van helsing had gotten together with the makers of DAT and troy then they would have had a great movie. Where VH suffers from constant action sequences with no time to rest, DAT and Troy suffer from deadspace and all too frequent slow parts that cause the audience to fidget in their seats and wish for much faster pacing.
7/10