Alacrity

I thought that this sounded like a clever idea for an action movie. ('If you slow down, this bus will explode!')

{Although, you know, if they had gotten out onto the interstate or something, they could have gone gone 50mph as easily as the terrorist watched football games when he wasn't making snide comments about the news....}

But it ended up being a mediocre action movie. I thought that there were a few too many explosions.... It's not so much metal as wooden.

And sometimes, the.... sorta cool, thing about action is, that you don't mind as much if its's mediocre, or not as much. I mean, it's not like some really subtle interpersonal drama, where you get really pissed off if the character that you identify with gets treated unfairly-- you don't care as much, I think. But.... that's still not really, the *great* thing about action, you know.

Because once you lose the characters, you start to wonder....

Can you really *receive* a call on a pay phone? While you're out in public?

Do they really put cans filled with water on the side of the freeway? Is action drama similar to sci-fi drama?

Do pensions really suck? Would you want a gold watch as a retirement thing?

Would the cops get a pay cut if the hostages died? Would it affect the tax revenues?

What would you do? Would you have a plan or something?

I mean, it's actually a suck-y movie.

And I also think that there's too much boring, back-and-forth repeating dialogue.

Police Chief Raven: I want to pick the Bears to win on Monday night.

Relay person: We're picking the Bears for Monday!

Hero: We've got the Bears for Monday! They're our pick! C'mon! Click! Click!

Female in opening credits: (Who does not have an iPhone because it's 1994) I'm clicking! I'm clicking!

And I wonder what Doctor Who would say about the whole 'shoot the hostage' theory.

Perhaps, 'Oh, woh, shit', or something, would be an appropriate response.

Like I said, the 'great' thing about action is, that sometimes you don't mind mediocre as much.... But suck-y-ness still sucks.

{Oh, but don't forget the best line: "Don't get dead." *Classic*.}

(6/10)