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Comically Idiotic filth...
by Alex (movies profile)
Jul 12, 2007
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21 people found this review helpful
This is some the sorriest waste of time and money that I have ever seen. I can't believe that Gene Hackman participated in this garbage. Is fame and stardom a bore for him? Does he yearn for oblivion? It seems that he's deliberately trying to end his career. Well anyway, this movie is about a NAVY pilot Chris Burnell (Owen Wilson) who is shot down over Bosnia and must get to the border to be rescued. <SPOILER> As soon as he parachutes to the ground he witnesses how his navigator is executed by a chain-smoking, Adidas-clad, unshaven Serb soldier of fortune. Not waiting any longer Burnett activates the GOD MODE cheat code and takes off running uphill while being shot at by assault rifles and large caliber machine guns, and as you might have guessed he escapes, for now. In fact the cheat code stays on for the rest of the film and is also used by Admiral Reigard (Gene Hackman) in the helicopter rescue scene at the end where the Serb platoon consisting of over 50 infantry men, tanks, and large caliber weapons, is eradicated by a two Hueuey helicopters. <END OF SPOILER> After watching this film I learned that 1). SAM's are very slow but have unlimited range and fuel 2.) Serb soldiers do not need food, water, nor sleep 3.)An American NAVY pilot can withstand tremendous G-forces 4.) Thin ice that cracks under a human can really support a tank. Holy crap, who wrote the script? He should be hanged. Can this movie get any lamer or dumber you ask? Yes it can! There's a part where Burnett is picked up by refugees and a kid (wearing an Ice Cube T-shirt) gives him a clean bottle of Coca-Cola (label to the camera) and after a sip Burnett says `good'. So basically the bad guys, including the Adidas wearing bounty hunter, smoke cigarettes and the good guys drink Coke. Oh my, my!!! Who's responsible for this? However, this movie does have some pluses such as props and camerawork, but it's all overweighed by lack of realism, exaggeration, political correctness, and Owen Wilson's crooked nose. BOTTOM LINE: Watch `Nick at Nite' instead. |
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