The movie boasts a cast producers would nowadays have to pay a handsome price for. The movie is entertaining, has a sufficient number of action scenes, a successfully unpredictable plot and characters who initially would appear to be mismatched turn out to make quite an ensemble. I can't believe I had not seen or heard of it at the time; anyway, I'm glad I caught up with it this week. Don't mistake this movie with the 2011 production; there are no connections whatsoever.
The dialogue is a Sebastian Gutierrez staple of witty and quickly delivered lines. Gutierrez has the advantage of directing his own script so he would have a better understanding of where the story is going and how it's suppose to get there. Take a second look at the cast list; I am still impressed. The funny moments, courtesy of Gutierrez' snazzy quips, do not distract from the plot, well not too much. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson objectively don't fit in their roles with their accent, but we are willing to overlook that because they do a good job. Til Schweiger was the biggest surprise to me; his character required a keen sense of humour to deliver the performance you might well remember above all other of Schweiger's own. I have not omitted Carla Gugino I go to a different place when I think of her. If you read my reviews of "Every Day" and "Girl Walks Into A Bar", you can probably make an educated guess where that is. The overall ratings at the few sites that even bothered to include this movie are not high; I don't know why that is, so just ignore them and don't miss it if you have the chance to see it. This is a perfect choice for the evenings when you are in the mood for a movie you and you friend(s) know nothing about; come on, admit it you, have some of those. I can safely say, well over a decade late, this is a movie most everyone will like and it will sell lots of popcorn with the fake butter and gallons of Coke.
The dialogue is a Sebastian Gutierrez staple of witty and quickly delivered lines. Gutierrez has the advantage of directing his own script so he would have a better understanding of where the story is going and how it's suppose to get there. Take a second look at the cast list; I am still impressed. The funny moments, courtesy of Gutierrez' snazzy quips, do not distract from the plot, well not too much. Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson objectively don't fit in their roles with their accent, but we are willing to overlook that because they do a good job. Til Schweiger was the biggest surprise to me; his character required a keen sense of humour to deliver the performance you might well remember above all other of Schweiger's own. I have not omitted Carla Gugino I go to a different place when I think of her. If you read my reviews of "Every Day" and "Girl Walks Into A Bar", you can probably make an educated guess where that is. The overall ratings at the few sites that even bothered to include this movie are not high; I don't know why that is, so just ignore them and don't miss it if you have the chance to see it. This is a perfect choice for the evenings when you are in the mood for a movie you and you friend(s) know nothing about; come on, admit it you, have some of those. I can safely say, well over a decade late, this is a movie most everyone will like and it will sell lots of popcorn with the fake butter and gallons of Coke.