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Breckin Meyer, Eddie Driscoll, Eddie Griffin

A righteous environmentalist tortures the crew of a hijacked oil rig.

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Directed by: Anthony Hickox

Release Date: January 1, 2003

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DVD Release Date: July 19, 2005

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  • stopitgoaway
    April 30, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    There are some good points and bad points to the movie.

    Good Points:

    1. Good special effects 2. Great action scenes 3. Funny at times

    Bad Points:

    1. Acting at some points isn't great 2. Tries to be like die hard 3. Eddie Grifin ain't an action man

    It is a very different film...( read more) for Eddie griffin. Most of his film are comedy but to be honest action man is not his stile. He does do OK but not good enough. So if you are looking for the spectacular you are looking at the wrong film but if you want to just watch a action film watch it.
  • martinberntsson
    November 27, 2009
    martinberntsson
    Euro-south-african oil-rig-action in the sea outside California
    Bad acting och logic but still some weekday night sleepy fun
  • yourdean
    November 15, 2009
    yourdean
    i liked this movie..iteddi griffin did a good job in an action role.
  • daddyzlilbear1
    June 22, 2009
    daddyzlilbear1
    PUT BACK ON THE WEBSITE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • terminatortron
    August 13, 2008
    terminatortron
    I think Eddie Griffin is the black Ryan Reynolds. I guess Eddie wasn't satisfied with ruining just one genre of film and looked to broaden his shitty horizons with this action movie. Also, if you're renting this for Shaggy, he dies pretty soon so it limits the amount of times y...( read more)ou can say "It wasn't me" to his dialog. Or you could just not do it at all. 2 stars for the stupid action, because they gave Tiny Lister a paycheck, and for the annoying shit kid who is now in running for the "worst kid ever" award, besides the Menendez brothers...and Jake Lloyd.
  • amandalynettebrown
    August 3, 2008
    amandalynettebrown
    Interesting I enjoyed it
  • phantopp
    July 28, 2008
    phantopp
    "Lamont Dixon" (Eddie Griffin) is a former firefighter now taking care of a fallen comrade's son (Nicky Andrews) and now works as a tugboat captain.

    It's Christmas, and "Dixon" has been assigned to push an oil rig into place. For safety, the rig has to be pushed very slowly t...( read more)o the point that it will take 20 hours until they reach the spot that is planned for the rig. However, a group of environmental activists are at the dock where the rig is to launch, headed by a vocal man (Vinnie Jones).

    As a group of activists try to block the tugboat and rig with their own boat, a fire breaks out and the tugboat crew scrambles to help.

    When on board, the group of activists turn out to be something more sinister -- a group of terrorists lead by a known British terrorist (Jones).

    Now, "Dixon", along with a computer expert (Brekin Meyer) working undercover for the Feds as a snitch, has to try to stop the the terrorists to complete their mission -- to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over California.

    Griffin is best known for his comedic roles that he has done in movies and on television. In this movie, he proves that he is actually a pretty good actor in a non-comedic role. He does crack a few one-liners throughout the movie, none of which is as memorable as in the fairly similar first "Die Hard".

    Another good performance is by Vivica A. Fox as FBI agent "Reed". Sadly, her interaction with those trying to stop the terrorists is extremely limited so there really isn't a shot of any attraction between her and either lead actor on board the rig.

    Meyer and Griffin are only OK as the on-screen duo trying to stop the villains. They had some chemistry, but not too much. When they were the only two in the scene, I didn't feel as if they really worked well together.

    Like other movies I've seen with a group of villains, a few of them are focused on. And, just like the other movies, their characters are not developed a lot. In fact, the lead villain has the most development, but not by much really.

    There is some good gunplay in this movie. The blood is kept to a minimum though. There is also some good explosions, but nothing spectacular.

    Some of the things presented are pretty predictable. I could pretty much predict who would be "dead" by the end of the movie. I also pretty much knew who would make it to the final scene.

    This could be a pretty good rental, but I wouldn't make it a first choice. I would even say check it out when you come across it on HBO or another movie network.
  • wawakoko
    June 30, 2008
    wawakoko
    A Great ACTION Movie
  • jefferygentry
    June 22, 2008
    jefferygentry
    I finished watching this movie for the same reason people watch car wrecks and create onlooker traffic jams - what will go horribly wrong next. 10% Wesley Snipes knock off, 10% Steven Segal knockoff, 10% "The Rock" knockoff - yes, that's shorut about 70%.
  • dcjesusfreak777
    March 15, 2008
    dcjesusfreak777
    Reminded me of a movie Steven Segal would make...SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!

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