I disliked this film immensly because of its low credibility. There is no way anyone can get away with what Frank White does (there are witnesses, tens of them, there is evidence that would make FBI go bananas and catch White within the week) and even if he gets away with it there is no way the police would get away with what they did. Everyone should have simply been caught by the feds and put away.
The massacres in the movie would also have been CNN stuff for weeks - overshadowing the Gulf War (if the movie is indeed set in 1990).
I also find White´s death disturbing. If indeed he gets away with everything so easily and can outsmart other criminal masterminds so easily, why would a fat stupid cop be able to kill him? It seemed that Frank just had to die and the writer couldn´t find another way to get rid of him for his climactic ending.
The movie is somewhat saved by Walken and Fishbourne. I liked Fishbourne's character immensly. He was extremely savage and evil, but he was undyingly loyal to his boss, something which is rare in these movies. Loyalty is a force which is not often used in this kind of movies.
I rated this movie 5 out of 10 for the good actors and the very good shootout scenes.
The massacres in the movie would also have been CNN stuff for weeks - overshadowing the Gulf War (if the movie is indeed set in 1990).
I also find White´s death disturbing. If indeed he gets away with everything so easily and can outsmart other criminal masterminds so easily, why would a fat stupid cop be able to kill him? It seemed that Frank just had to die and the writer couldn´t find another way to get rid of him for his climactic ending.
The movie is somewhat saved by Walken and Fishbourne. I liked Fishbourne's character immensly. He was extremely savage and evil, but he was undyingly loyal to his boss, something which is rare in these movies. Loyalty is a force which is not often used in this kind of movies.
I rated this movie 5 out of 10 for the good actors and the very good shootout scenes.