this movie doesn’t suck. initial reviews had been bad by some of the other movie geeks, but nah, they are just being geeks. this film ain’t so bad.
according to imdb.com, the role was initially pitched to tom cruise but he decided it was too similar to his mission:impossible franchise. and i can see where he’s coming from.
it’s a good old fashioned action flick. russians trying to pull some covert BS, trying to get at our nukes and all that noise. some killer fight sequences, intense action movie soundtrack and we get to watch angelina jolie kick some serious tail for an hour and a half.
i can think of worse ways to spend an afternoon. now i’m not gonna run right out and buy the dvd. and i might be hard pressed to even pick it up in the 5 for 20 bin at the blockbuster. but i wouldn’t pick up mission:impossible out of that bin either…
kinda reminds me of from paris with love starring john travolta and that dude plays henry the viii. jonathan rhys meyers. just some fun action. fairly simple spy flick.
in real life i’m taking liev schreiber over angelina jolie in a fist fight. he’s twice her size. but she does know all the right places to hit….
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