Okay, it's not as good as SNAKE EYES, but it's very similar in many ways.
This is a film that builds heavily on the technique it uses to present the very weak story: by seeing the same thing over and over again, but from different persons points of view.
If a more conservative technique had been used, the film had never been done, since the story-line is super-thin and not very interesting. The characters are paper-dolls and leaves the actors nothing to work with.
The main character, the Secret Service agent Barnes (Dennis Quaid) has the only (!) back-story in the whole film, and this is just a few seconds video clip.
But even though the story and characters are not there, it is still a pretty interesting film. Especially the turning point approx half way through the film is kind of nice, and the ending has enough car-chases, noise and stunts to make the whole thing tie up pretty neatly.
It's a small little film that you will forget, but it's cute entertainment for an hour and a half.
Good actors (William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker), but best is Sigourney Weaver's cameo in first few minutes.
Directing is mostly focusing on the (many!) extras, and production value is pretty high and impressive at times.
Could've used a few more re-writes and a better location - but it works for what it is.
6/10
This is a film that builds heavily on the technique it uses to present the very weak story: by seeing the same thing over and over again, but from different persons points of view.
If a more conservative technique had been used, the film had never been done, since the story-line is super-thin and not very interesting. The characters are paper-dolls and leaves the actors nothing to work with.
The main character, the Secret Service agent Barnes (Dennis Quaid) has the only (!) back-story in the whole film, and this is just a few seconds video clip.
But even though the story and characters are not there, it is still a pretty interesting film. Especially the turning point approx half way through the film is kind of nice, and the ending has enough car-chases, noise and stunts to make the whole thing tie up pretty neatly.
It's a small little film that you will forget, but it's cute entertainment for an hour and a half.
Good actors (William Hurt, Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker), but best is Sigourney Weaver's cameo in first few minutes.
Directing is mostly focusing on the (many!) extras, and production value is pretty high and impressive at times.
Could've used a few more re-writes and a better location - but it works for what it is.
6/10