Too much of everything

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

I'm like a battered wife when it comes to Cuba Gooding movies. I want to believe he can change, that he can be good in movies again. Instead, I get punched in the face for my troubles. This movie is so unbelievably boring, I kept checking my pulse instead of my watch. I didn't think it could get any worse than the howlingly bad Shadowboxer and the cringe-inducing Snow Dogs, but apparently it can and it did. Oh, did it ever... Even the awesome J.K. Simmons and a cameo from Bobby Lashley do absolutely nothing to keep your interest. The kicker is the thing isn't even a full hour and a half long and it still feels like a damn epoch has passed once it finally ends. The movie features some nonsense about Cuba Gooding's character being betrayed on a covert mission and then coming back to D.C. for some revenge on the blah blah blah if you even care about what's going on by that point you're either the director or you only see two movies a year, including this one. Cuba's Detroit Lions-like streak of choosing craptastic movies continues. At this point, I think he's actually trying to suck this bad.

The amazing thing about this truly terrible movie is not that it was actually made. The amazing thing is that before it was made, dozens of people with at least average intelligence read the script and approved of it.This piece of absolute garbage is wrong from start to finish. Not one line of dialog makes any sense at all. There is no real storyline. No plot. No nothing. The only sensible reason for it to have been made in the first place is that everyone involved must have lost a bet, or were looking for a tax write-off.That being said, this cloud might have a silver lining. Copies of it should be distributed to every film school, with a simple message: "Don't do this, ever."

But I won't. Simply because any film with Cuba Gooding Jr deserves more respect. To be honest, after spending (wasting) 90mins watching the DVD (thankfully it only cost me 1.95 to rent it), I was less amazed at HOW BAD it was, than the fact that someone could actually produce a movie like this.The other reviewers had mentioned some of the "potential" underlying the film -- Cuba, war film, conspiracy, revenge .....it had all the makings of a classic war hero-turned-national-traitor-for-honor film. But somehow, not only the potential was not materialized, it just went downhill from the 1st min onwards.Typically, I watch movies with the intention to unwind, relax, cast myself off to another dimension where I don't have to think much and can intuitively follow the movie plot (i.e. typical Hollywood movie). This movie was ANYTHING but typical. It bordered on the artistic and philosophical, which really, was a turn-off for me.However, after reading some of the positive reviews, I guess I could see the value of the philosophy that the producers tried to carry across.All in all, AVOID the move at all costs if you are expecting a typical Hollywood production.

TERRIBLE. I was sitting on my couch watching this on netflix instant stream while browsing on my laptop and I thought I lost my logic. After 30 minutes in I thought that I had lost my unique ability to follow movie plots while doing other things (laptop,reading,talking on phone)because I was so confused of where the plot was leading. So I rewound and watched with full attention...Still made NO SENSE. The dialogue was cheesy and clichés, the gunfights(very little) looked like how a group of 8 year olds would have a water gun fight, and the plot NEVER developed. The main character tried to look like a tough guy but never once did the movie tell us why. So, in conclusion, don't watch this movie unless you want a sudden urge to acquire a firearm and shoot yourself in the face.