All noise, no brains : typical 90's movie

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 1999)

This might in the future look like a typical 90's movie,
throwing everything out of the window that doesn't make it a
show. Alcatraz turns into some warehouse so full of noise that
you feel like Godzilla is locked out in the bathroom (and might
give Indiana Jones his truck-riding due), Cage is more
over-the-top than ever, the editing "MTV-style" (some says, but
they should know better) is so fast that you can't get a full
grasp of the action, the cinematography is unrealistic, the
Connery character knows everything but the latest winning
Lottery ticket And the music is there where you must laugh, or
be moved, as if it was written on panels. Amongst the meanies,
you have the distinction betwenn the "good" army type, with
morals - in cas somebody thought it might be anti-militarist -
and "bad" bounty hunters. This is not stupid as in "Broken
Arrow", but since John Woo showed the whole world that you can
do action with a brain, this overblown quality doesn't really
gel, even if the whole deal is highly watchable. One might thing
Bay is refining his art : "Bad Boys" was unsufferable as it
tried to fit in all the spark of a TV show, this one has more
budget than brains and "Armaggedon" was definitely as stupid and
unbelievable, but much more fun and entertainment. Do we really
believe Bay when he says he'd like to try some "intimist"
cinema, without explosions ? Somehow, your Phaithful Phroggy
doubts it. Anyway, what will people think of all this in ten
years, when cinema will have evolved ? Good question. And what
will Ba