Strictly a TV movie of the week

Rating: 4/10 (15 December 2006)

Strictly as entertainment , it was a boring TV movie of the week and not a very good one. Perhaps if they had come at it from another direction/scenario, but to show 2 policemen buried in rubble who we could hardly see and who we knew would be rescued was not exactly riveting. After all the real policemen have done the TV talk show circuit and Oprah.
What is also irritating is using so many 'stars' in any one movie. A cast of complete unknowns would have worked better here because frankly I find myself cringing at Nick's mustache or his dye job or his accent or his not even trying to be a character...he's just Nick Cage acting like Nick Cage.
The women faired better simply because they could move around and we could actually see their emotions. But again their parts were typical for a TV movie...but wait isn't Maria Bello from A History of Violence and her eyes?...are they really blue? Darn! What's happening in the movie.Hmmm...still trapped in the rubble.And Maggie Gyllenhaal is she really pregnant in real life? Oh wait they're getting rescued.And the one black doctor at the hospital is someone I've seen before and also one of the rescuers is ...my God it's Stephen Dorff with a mustache.
Yes this is definitely a heartfelt theme and I'm sure that someday someone will make a good picture about it. But not this time.