There is nothing there, or so we are forced to believe. This makes the final scene in the film ring untrue and while it all can't be laid on Hughes' feet it must be said the role is too much for him. Ultimately, he fails but one wonders if any child actor could have pulled it off. All of this is rendered moot by Harold Becker's lackluster direction and the film's poor special effects. They climax of the film involves a helicopter landing on the roof of a skyscraper and the blue screen effects in this segment are laughable.
Nothing looks real here.
It ruins whatever momentum Willis has been able to create up to know. Baldwin, in this segment and elsewhere in the film, is given the chore of being a baddie with no real believable motivation. John Malkovich or someone else may have been able to pull this off but not Baldwin. He's ridiculous as the bad guy and the whole film goes down the tubes. He makes us believe the unbelievable.