A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years.A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years.A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years.
- Agent Webber
- (as Benjamin Ratner)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRutger Hauer was going to star but dropped out.
- Quotes
Conor Gallagher: [referring to the front door] Really? Was it open?
Faith Mattis: I knocked like three times.
Conor Gallagher: I didn't think I'd left it open.
Faith Mattis: I'm sorry. The washing machine guy let me in.
Conor Gallagher: Well, the washing machine guy had no business doing that.
Repairman: Hey, machine's been shot.
Conor Gallagher: Why do you think you're here - to answer the door?
Repairman: Shooting's not covered by the warranty, sir.
The presence of Bill Pullman made me overlook the Monday night slot on channel 5 usually a dumping ground for direct-to-video action movies with no names and no real value. When the film opens with a nicely washed out scene, I also ignored the clichés of the shoot-out and the predictable route it takes. However the next scene is 9 months later and Gallagher is "washed-up" but brought back into the fold and it was here that I realised this was only going one way. The film keeps the actual "plot" at bay for the majority of the running time and instead just keeps producing narrow misses and bangs along with some vague attempts at characterisation. When the true plot actually comes out, it is pretty poor and unconvincing with the ideas being as realistic as the shuttle backdrop.
The bangs are just wheeled out with little realism and they didn't engage me at all, while the characters aren't anything interesting or different. The film's mood swings around as well at times it wants to be serious but other times we have joking in the face of danger; the swings don't fit together that well and gives the film an unsure feel. The cast are caught up in this and it shows. Pullman tries to do something serious with the role but also ends up being a clichéd quipping action star; he never fitted into the genre and I couldn't shake the feeling that he is really better than this. Olin also seems ill at ease in it and comes across like she is trying to do something with nothing (and achieving nothing). Feore is a "rent-a-baddie" here and adds little value, while Kent and Harris are just henchmen to be knocked off after a bit of stand-offing. Lea and Ironside are familiar faces but add nothing more than that.
Overall this is an average thriller at best. All the clichés are there and are delivered without imagination or effort by a cast who mostly deserve to be in better stuff than this. No better or worse than a lot of the video thrillers doing the rounds as television filler but that isn't any sort of recommendation.
- bob the moo
- Dec 26, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- CA$31,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $374,654
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1