An average movie

Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have always had a weak spot for Harrison Ford, I still wanted to check it out. Apparently, it was probably his last box-office success (the last Indiana Jones installment doesn’t really count since it was a box-office success mostly because it was a very well known franchise). Since then, he showed up in some other blockbusters (‘Ender’s Game’, ‘Cowboys & Aliens’) but there were flops and, above all, he wasn't the main character anymore. Anyway, at the time, Harrison Ford was still a leading man and one of the very few actors who could portray a believable president but also a convincing action hero. Basically, that’s the whole point of this flick : to have the US president kicks some major ass and to enjoy this movie, you really need to dig this concept. Personally, I thought it was quite ridiculous but it was still fairly entertaining because Ford was very charismatic, Gary Oldman was as usual a great villain and Wolfgang Petersen definitely knew how to direct an entertaining action feature. To conclude, even though I don’t think it is really amazing, it is still a decent action flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10