 | Starring: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Isaiah Washington Director: Ron Shelton Format: PAL Widescreen Released: 26 Jan 2004 RRP: Average Rating:  |
But, honestly, I enjoyed it far more than I probably should have. The opening is reallly quite bad, with dodgy "modern yoof" dialogue, & a suedo rap/hip hop scene. It takes a while for the storlyline to get going, & even then it's a confusing miss mash of scenes that don't seem to join together, & ends up with our two cops chasing after a villain we never even knew how they worked out it was him!
Still, with a side stories regarding secondary careers (Ford's cop is also a real estate agent, while Hartnett also plays a wannabe actor - oh the irony!) that are mildly amusing, they do tend to get in the way of the main storyline, & extend the running time longer than it should.
But it wasn't alll bad. There were some amusing scenes - the interview room scene was funny, & a bizarre chase across, around & through a river also picks up a slightly dragging film.
Yet it is good to stick around, because come the final half hour, there is a pretty decent, action fuelled finale, involving a car chase & fight that, surprisingly, works around Ford's & Hartnett's easy, laid back relationship. The "That's it - I'll drive!" scene is an example of that.
It's not brilliant, it's far from perfect, but it will charm viewers. Remember, make a mine a cheeseburger...
Extras wise, there are a bunch of trailers & bios, & three featurettes. The making of is the most interesting, but the otehr two are dull. Especiallly LAPD Stories, which reallly doesn't have much to do with the film in the first place.
This is – by Hollywood’s decreasingly high standards – one of the worst examples of film making to ever hit our screens. Within ten minutes the audience is confused & annoyed by a naivety in the direction that continues to astound with its amateur hour air. Messrs Ford & Hartnett, everything that is good about the generation gap in Hollywood, here seem to have found themselves in purgatory, contractuallly obliged to go through the motions after discovering that they had been duped by their respective agents.
This is neither funny or exciting, intriguing or ambitious. For the 111 minute running time, I would suggest a stint on the lawn, watching the grass grow. At least there is a smidgen of entertainment to be had in that!
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