An action flick for the Xbox generation.

Rating: 2/10 (23 December 2008)

Which means this is really bad movie. For those who want a break from the Xbox, here's a movie to veg-out in front of . . . a movie with just as much insight, character development, maturity, plausibility and intelligence as a video game, and with similar graphics.
The movie tries to stand somewhere between fantasy and reality, with characters jumping through plate glass windows onto the roofs of skyscrapers across the street, and the like. Our hero's girlfriend is screwing his best friend, as the ATM machine reminds him. All this without having to fuss with a joystick. None of it works for a minute.
This is an action film from the age of the 15-second sound byte, the epoch of no discernible attention span. I recommend watching Bullitt, The French Connection, 48 Hrs., or virtually anything else instead.