Despite the title this movie is more of a buddy cop/spy movie. Travolta, with an hair piece that refuses to budge under any circumstance, seems to want to coast through any emotional scenes as quickly as possible. The movie is really about two former spys/or feds/or something of the sort, having an excuse to get back together and have a good ole' time shooting and chasing the bad guys. Some of their banter and relationship works but the danger or action never amounts to enough to create any real jeopardy especially when Travolta at best looks bothered by what he has to do.
It's competently directed, in a get-it-done-and-move-on, style and the plot has a few good twists but leads to an essentially ridiculous final confrontation. But really there is nothing at stake here other than the mechanics of the plot--Travolta and his character don't ever display any real wrath and the film never builds up any real outrage at the political intrigue stuff it is more about than revenge. Shot on Location in Columbus Ohio it has a few Buckeye jokes and Ohio deserves credit for letting a movie like this get made in real government locations--but it's kind of so what. The opening credits may be the most energetic part of the movie as they attempt to set up a State and City on the verge of anarchy--something that then drains away almost immediately.
Budget seems pretty limited, Travolta probably being paid half of what they had to spent, and again he doesn't seem committed to the material which doesn't offer much to commit to. It's not terrible but it should be better on almost every level.
It's competently directed, in a get-it-done-and-move-on, style and the plot has a few good twists but leads to an essentially ridiculous final confrontation. But really there is nothing at stake here other than the mechanics of the plot--Travolta and his character don't ever display any real wrath and the film never builds up any real outrage at the political intrigue stuff it is more about than revenge. Shot on Location in Columbus Ohio it has a few Buckeye jokes and Ohio deserves credit for letting a movie like this get made in real government locations--but it's kind of so what. The opening credits may be the most energetic part of the movie as they attempt to set up a State and City on the verge of anarchy--something that then drains away almost immediately.
Budget seems pretty limited, Travolta probably being paid half of what they had to spent, and again he doesn't seem committed to the material which doesn't offer much to commit to. It's not terrible but it should be better on almost every level.