One of the BEST action movies ever made

Rating: 9/10 (29 November 2001)

This was the first Michael Bay movie I had the privilege of watching on the big screen, and it is still his best (closely following by Armageddon and Pearl Harbour). It has everything you could want from a big-budget action film :- Great story, excellent cast (Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Nic Cage, Michael Bein, David Morse), amazing action sequences, well-integrated comedy moments, and SUPERB direction. The battle scene in the shower-room on Alcatraz is one of the most touching and poignant battle scenes ever filmed, and leaves you close to tears (especially as Mr Harris "damns" the Government powers responsible for causing the slaughter of the heroic Navy Seal Crack Insertion Team). Two-and-a-quarter hours of pure entertainment and adrenalin !!!