As may be said about many a great films, patience is a virtue. Cage and Connery are eventually left on their own to overtake Harris and his henchmen. We never stop delighting in their actions or their wonderful banter. It is part of what makes the film work so well. But the story is fairly feasible as well and we have a fun time watching it unfold, with explosions, gun fire and hand to hand combat erupting on the screen at reasonable intervals to further enhance the action element of the film.
Cage is the real star of the film.
Given an opportunity to play a average, intelligent, young, slightly smug professional, Cage really opens up here. Cage has often flip-flopped between comedic and dramatic role with various results but here he is allowed to only use the best qualities from each type of performance he can do and roll them into one highly charged persona. He, simply, steals the show. Connery, meanwhile, is equally enjoyable even though he has been in numerous roles similar to this in his career. Although, this time he plays a supposed bad guy, we learn, as the film evolves, that he is really a good guy wrongly accused.