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This movie kinda threw me a curve. I'd like to recommend it, but it really has some moments that demand that you put your brain on pause and try not to think to much if you want to enjoy it. And I did WANT to enjoy it. But they made it REEEALLLY hard to do that during certain parts.
First off, I went into this movie blind. I had no idea what it was about. It started out like your usual crime/thriller with Denzel Washington playing an ATF Federal agent investigating an apparent terrorist bombing down in New Orleans. As he investigates the scene and the case develops, everything seems to be going along ok and then Val Kilmer enters the investigation as an FBI agent. That's when the movie takes a hard left turn and you really have to hang onto your hat. Kinda caught me off guard. Maybe if I had known what was coming I could've been more prepared.....
Things get a bit implausible regarding some new FBI technology that involves satellite photography being able to see through walls and past/present time travel etc.. Some of it was really difficult to swallow and I couldn't help rolling my eyes more than a few times as the characters tried to "explain" there new inventions.
If you can get past all that (and I'm not sure that I did) you could probably enjoy this movie. I guess.
Denzel does his usual outstanding and reliable job. He's a consistant .300 plus hitter and he tries everything he can to make the viewer buy into this far-fetched story and at times he comes close.
Kilmer's role is pretty insignificant and I couldn't help wondering what he was doing in this movie. He does an ok job but has better skills than this part needed. It did look like he's been hitting the Rocky Road ice cream a little hard.
Frankly, I expected a little more out of this assembly of talent including Tony Scott directing and Jerry Bruckheimer producing.
Go ahead and check it out, but like I said-----leave your reason and logic in the top drawer. 8O
Grade: C+
This movie kinda threw me a curve. I'd like to recommend it, but it really has some moments that demand that you put your brain on pause and try not to think to much if you want to enjoy it. And I did WANT to enjoy it. But they made it REEEALLLY hard to do that during certain parts.
First off, I went into this movie blind. I had no idea what it was about. It started out like your usual crime/thriller with Denzel Washington playing an ATF Federal agent investigating an apparent terrorist bombing down in New Orleans. As he investigates the scene and the case develops, everything seems to be going along ok and then Val Kilmer enters the investigation as an FBI agent. That's when the movie takes a hard left turn and you really have to hang onto your hat. Kinda caught me off guard. Maybe if I had known what was coming I could've been more prepared.....
Things get a bit implausible regarding some new FBI technology that involves satellite photography being able to see through walls and past/present time travel etc.. Some of it was really difficult to swallow and I couldn't help rolling my eyes more than a few times as the characters tried to "explain" there new inventions.
If you can get past all that (and I'm not sure that I did) you could probably enjoy this movie. I guess.
Denzel does his usual outstanding and reliable job. He's a consistant .300 plus hitter and he tries everything he can to make the viewer buy into this far-fetched story and at times he comes close.
Kilmer's role is pretty insignificant and I couldn't help wondering what he was doing in this movie. He does an ok job but has better skills than this part needed. It did look like he's been hitting the Rocky Road ice cream a little hard.
Frankly, I expected a little more out of this assembly of talent including Tony Scott directing and Jerry Bruckheimer producing.
Go ahead and check it out, but like I said-----leave your reason and logic in the top drawer. 8O
Grade: C+
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