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Comment by Craig Larry on June 24, 2009 at 1:05pm

First of all this was a good movie, but not a great one. There was way too many Mother F*****'s in it, but I think it was used to develop the kind of character John Travolta is. Also, while I'm on him, who ever said that you can't see him as a bad guy, ever seen Broken Arrow, great movie in the 90's where he was the bad guy and did a great job of it. I love it when John is the villian. Tony Scott's director is a personal preference of mine. I loved him in Man on Fire, Top Gun, Deja Vu, this just adds to one that he did a great job in. Not everyone likes his style and that's okay.

Comment by Darth Kal-El on June 23, 2009 at 5:23am

Not Impressed! was expecting much much more and just never got it. I really hate it when studios hire idiot directors. why bother with john and denzel when you are making this.

Comment by Mark Hazleton Jr. on June 22, 2009 at 6:24pm

I thought the movie was quite enjoyable...but...Tony Scott sure did ruin some things with it. Much like Man On Fire's directing (except luckily not as much bright flashing every damn second).
I do agree, the chase scenes that added that HEAVY ELECTRONIC TECHNO crap made me laugh so much...luckily not EVERY chase scene was like that, but most of them. It would be all dramatic, and maybe even touching, and then BAM. lol.
The movie did have great chemistry between Denzel and John...but wow...Mother Fucker has never been so in-style!!! DAMN...MotherFucking MotherFucker.

Comment by NightFire on June 22, 2009 at 9:33am

using the word m%$#F*& always works on the net , how do you think people end up being piss off ? LOL at the police chase scene in a victorian era .

Comment by corey vire on June 20, 2009 at 5:17am

The car carrying the money made no sesne and thewy make it a joke inside the movie. When the mayor ask '"why didnt we jus use a cchopper? " and they all look at hin like he's a geniuns who spoke up to late.

Comment by Eli on June 19, 2009 at 11:35pm

Holy fuck that ending sucked! You guys weren't kidding. First of all, the climax was absurd; Denzel Washington has absolutely NO reason to chase John Travolta. What's his motivation? Why does he care? I hate it when Hollywood gets so hot and bothered to get to the showdown that they forget to even justify it. I know you guys liked Iron Man, but it did a bit of the same thing at the end. A climax only works if it feels like an organic part of the story, not a lazily added safety mechanism.

What REALLY pissed me off, though, was the last five minutes. It's just assholes smiling and grinning with happy music playing. Even John Turturro flies by to give the thumbs-up. What the fuck? This wasn't just a happy ending, it was like an SNL parody of a happy ending. I was half expecting all those people that died to come back to life and start dancing while the credits rolled. If it was Tony Scott's intent to make us roll our eyes and groan at all this, then he did a great job. I'm assuming that he actually thought he was giving us what we wanted, though, which makes him pretty fucking cynical. There's no way I'd give this film more than a low, low "Rental."

Comment by Arkid Mitra on June 19, 2009 at 9:01am

this should be fun i guess

Comment by Arkid Mitra on June 19, 2009 at 9:01am

looks good

Comment by James on June 17, 2009 at 11:47am

Did they stop the production somewhere or have a Sopranos moment? The beginning keeps you going almost to the middle but leading up to the ending (no spoiler) you have to be kidding.

Comment by spindrift68 on June 15, 2009 at 7:22pm

Rental.

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