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In this tense action thriller from director Anthony Hickox, a terrorist (Vinnie Jones) has designs on an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate a powerful bomb that will cause unto...( read more 
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MCT:August 13, 2008I 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 you 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.
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MCT:July 28, 2008
"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 to 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. -
MCT:June 28, 2008A lot of gunfire and an annoying obnoxious lead, really didn't like any of the characters or care about the story.
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MCT:June 22, 2008
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%.
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MCT:May 27, 2007
eddie griffin is always hilarious to watch, and vinnie jones a treat to view, but breckin meyer brings his usual lame ass performance into this movie, and vivica a. fox is good but her role is retarded in this film. THis film tries to include the outside support from federal agents, but it does not pull it off. As well, the action scenes are VERY hoakey and cheesy, and the special effects are iffy (you'll understnad near the end of the film) i dunno if worth seeing but if u like eddie griffin's sarcastic antics then you might wanna pick this one up.
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Okay, we've seen it all before. But then, I like it. CON AIR, DIE HARD, THE ROCK, and Steven Segal made a couple-- we've got your basic terrorists (in this case Eco-terrorists lead by the guy who played Bullet-tooth Tony in SNATCH) and we've got your basic ex-military guy who just wants to get himself and his adopted son home for Christmas (well played, I thought, by Eddie Griffin), you've got the goofy sidekick, a nice helping of both cheesecake and beefcake depending on your taste, and lots of shit gets blown up.
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT it ain't. But it was fast enough and clever enough to make me smile on what had started out to be a pretty grim evening. So if you like wise-cracking tough guys who save the day at the last minute (ooops-- was that a spoiler?) it's worth a rental.
It's honest-- you know exactly what you're getting-- 92 minutes of eye candy. Sometimes, though, that's just what I need.
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