An average movie

Even though this movie has a rather lousy reputation, since I have a weak spot for John McTiernan's work, I was still eager to check it out. Basically, following the impressive 'Die Hard: With a Vengeance', McTiernan followed up with this ambitious adventure flick but, unfortunately, it was a flop and nowadays we don't hear much from this director anymore which is quite a shame. Honestly, I don't think it was that bad at all. Indeed, I have a weak spot for this genre and I thought it was rather well directed. Maybe there was a lack of big names in the cast but I thought that Antonio Banderas did a decent job as the lead. Basically, it is one of those movies which had a difficult time being made and it was apparently butchered in post-production but it didn't bother me much. Eventually, it all depends where you stand concerning this genre, if you can't stand it, it will be a total bore but if you are a fan, you'd probably end up enjoying it. To conclude, it is nothing amazing whatsoever but I thought it was midly entertaining and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10