An average movie

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Gene Hackman, I thought I might as well check it out. On top of that, I had this movie on DVD for ages so I thought it was really time to watch the damned thing. Well, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. Basically, it is one of those typical conspiracy thrillers but, to be honest, it might be the worst one I have ever seen in this genre. I mean, as an introduction, you get some news footage with a voice-over and, even though this sequence was there to set you in the right mood, it was in fact rather lame. Then, you had the beginning credits with some old pictures of Gene Hackman covered up by some dominos with some really cheesy tune. Again, this wasn't really impressive so even before the story actually started, I was already underwhelmed by the whole thing. Then, it just took too damned long before the story actually took off. I mean, how many conversations do you get between Hackman and 'them' in the prison? Then, he finally leaves the prison and spends some cosy time in Costa-Rica, I mean, seriously, during half of the movie, pretty much nothing happens at all. Then, finally, why would you go through some much trouble just to have someone commit a murder for you? Obviously, it would be much more efficient to just hire someone for half this budget to do the job for you. To conclude, the whole thing was pretty weak and I don't think it is worth a look at all.