not too bad, good action flick

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2003)

the movie was a remake from a 60's film.the actors were good overall. the chase scene ***SPOILER*** when they where setting up the armored trucks from the driveway got a little silly to say the least. the truck falling through the street scene was cheesy at best...if you notice the clip from the drivers seat, as soon as the street started to cave in the truck started falling like it should have ( nose first- because of the weight of the engine) then the lower shot of it falling from the street to the floor, the truck landed perfectly on all 4 wheels... very UN-realistic. the director should have fixed that scene before wrapping up the shooting. another thing i didnt like was the fact that ed norton had millions of dollars in gold in one of those 3 trucks...now who in their right mind would be 300 ft in the air from it, especially if you knew somebody was TRYING to get it , like your old enemy. not to mention the fact norton is a millionaire why only 3 trucks? why not 10? for real confusion...again very UN-realistic. if it was my gold i would be in the truck with it, DARING somebody to touch it. there were some cheesy parts and lame set-ups but overall if you want a pretty good action movie to entertain you for a couple, then its a renter, and a buyer if you can get it used somewhere. oh last complaint after the truck falls through the street, they cover the hole up with a big metal sign from the side of a parked truck. norton loses his view of the truck for just a breif time , so he couldnt see what had happened. well when they finally get around the building that was blocking his view ( in the helicopter) he notices the truck was gone and screams " where the hell did my truck go?" where's it at? what happened? now anybody with any common sense can plainly see the smoke and the sign laying on the road in place of the truck- especially with the gap in the traffic where the truck was...why scream what happened to my truck?...it would have been more realistic for it to have dawned on him (norton) the same way it would have dawned on me...i wouldnt have been whinning wheres my truck...i would have been yelling at the motorcycles to get their asses down below the street. that scene just happened a little to slow and cheesy for me, it could have been better(the scene). but like i said overall a good renter!!!