All hook and no substance

Rating: 3/10 (16 November 2017)

Take a great actor like De Niro and a cool premise. Mix into a decent trailer to attract the movie crowd. I sit there in the theater thinking 'Where did you spend that money making this garbage. I don't see it." It's almost like the money was spent on something other than making the movie.
I remember this movie as being exceptionally bad to the point where I remembered the name off the top of my head after 20 years. It's really one of those 'Throw away' films. You make it...make money...throw it away. This and 'Snake Eyes' are two of the reasons why I stopped going to movies back in the day. It was just the year before when De Niro was in the excellent 'Casino'. If you observe both performances side by side, you can see how lacking this one was.
Eventually Hollywood wised up. If you sell garbage by putting your name on it, then your name becomes devalued and you put your whole career in jeopardy. If you screw over the consumer, they won't buy your product.