A good movie

To this day, it is still the most popular movie directed by Michael Bay. I mean, the transformers flicks have been highly successful financially but they are also despised by many movie viewers (including myself) whereas this movie has always been genuinely respected. Indeed, even though I'm not exactly a die-hard action movie fan, I certainly enjoyed this one and it is a definite milestone for many players involved. For Bay and Bruckheimer, it was a step forward following their previous effort but it was not yet as preposterous as their following productions like 'Armageddon' for example. For Sean Connery, it would be the last time we would see him play such a bad-ass character, some kind of awesome older version of James Bond, his most iconic part. For Nicolas Cage, for good or bad, it was the start of his action movie career. Even though his recent action flicks were pretty terrible, his first outing was actually pretty cool. Back in those days, even for something really weak, Cage would do his best to deliver a solid performance and, here, he delivered all his lines in such an hilarious way, it's really too bad he has lost his touch. To conclude, at the end of the day, it is nothing mind-blowing and rather preposterous but it remains a very well made and terribly entertaining action flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10