i just watched this movie again for the first time in five years. fortunately, i was in a mood to revisit it. i remember from watching it the first time a vague annoyance with elisabeth shue's character, her relationship with with simon and a kind of letdown by the ultimate result of things. watching it again, i couldn't believe just how laughable the love affair was. actually it was kind of beyond laughable. as a human being, i found it outright offensive that elisabeth shue actually fell for simon's ridiculous sleazy lines. the girl makes a ridiculous scientist. her scientific speeches about cold fusion are like a little girl's. even denise richards was more convincing as a famed science phd. the movie should have been made with less of an aim toward val kilmer's vanity. less scenes of him talking to himself would have been really really nice, especially since he's much duller than shue and the Russian mafia.
anyway, there were good things. i love seeing movies in Russia for some reason. nice change of scenery. also, nobody hates chase sequences. hearing some mid/late nineties music by underworld is always a plus.
the flick needed less romance and more chases. well, maybe more romance if it was the good kind of convincing romance and not the blatant drivel sent to us.
5/10
anyway, there were good things. i love seeing movies in Russia for some reason. nice change of scenery. also, nobody hates chase sequences. hearing some mid/late nineties music by underworld is always a plus.
the flick needed less romance and more chases. well, maybe more romance if it was the good kind of convincing romance and not the blatant drivel sent to us.
5/10
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