Criminal
CIA Agent Bill Pope is on a mission to track down a shadowy hacker named 'The Dutchman'. When he gets mysteriously killed, an experimental procedure transfers his memories into a dangerous ex-convict. When he wakes up Pope's memories, his mission is to eliminate The Dutchman before the hacker launches ICBMs and starts World War III.
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- Cast：
- Ryan Reynolds , Kevin Costner , Gary Oldman , Tommy Lee Jones , Gal Gadot , Alice Eve , Michael Pitt
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The Worst Film Ever
Powerful
One of my all time favorites.
Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,
Kevin Costner saved this; Gal Gardot tried, Reynolds and Tommy Lee miscast and wasted. Hopefully, the money for being in flick was worth it because everything else sucked. So glad I saw it for free as on a slow night.
Ryan Reynolds is an over billed CIA wuss who gets killed in the first scene. However his mind is the only one that can save the world from Michael Pitt, "The Dutchman" who has that proverbial Internet thing to launch missiles that has become far too cliché in films. Ryan worked for Zorg (Gary Oldman) who doesn't care if he is dead, he is still going to make him do his job. Bring in Dr. Tommy Lee Jones in not his most convincing role (Oldman and Lee seriously needed to swap roles as did Costner and anybody else). It seems our doctor has never heard of Frankenstein as he puts Reynolds memory into Costner sporting a new Mohawk, who is also the world's biggest sociopath. He is in a penitentiary, and not a CEO.At this point we resort to the standard spy film formula and not so much the Frankenstein formula, although I would have really enjoyed just one "fire bad." In spite of my review, I did find the film mildly entertaining as I do when people get killed by a tough guy.Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
This is my favorite Kevin Costner movie since Waterworld. And it's a successful merger of Bourne-like CIA with a science fiction element excitingly tied to a very primal villain. This is the sort of movie where you cheer as you munch your popcorn. If you like action this is an original and very welcome contribution to the genre.
Oh, how did he learn to drive on the left side of the road so quickly? Now let me get serious:Plot: Average at the best! I saw so many action filled films similar to this one that I could not get entertained that much. Yes, it is set in London and that gives a nice touch to the whole thing, but it so unrealistic that I could not get serious about this film. It is an interesting idea to give a convicted felon a life so he can have a house, wife, child and so on, but please give me a break. It is not realistic.Acting: Acting is good and Mr. Costner really tried to give something so this film would get off the ground but it did not help that much.If you like action packed films this is one for you but if you do not you can freely skip it.
