Very long - almost two and a half hours. But some really impressive cinematography. Tons and tons of action (too much), but it was fun. Much better action than Terminator 3, for instance. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith have great chemistry as usual. But to sum it all up, I can cover pretty much the whole movie in four words: Way over the top.
One more thing: What was best about the action, especially in the beginning, was the energy everything had. Many movies have "pretty" action, where a car flips off of something and spins in the air once or twice, and you know that they had to specifically design some ramp and maybe some air jets to make sure it spins just so. In this movie they just freaking threw cars and people and boats and shit off of everywhere, stuff flips over -- not once, but like 17 times -- goes on fire, crashes into other stuff, etc. Everything seems "raw" and powerful, rather than pretty, which is very nice.
Friday, July 18, 2003
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