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This movie reminded me of a cross between Thunderheart, Armageddon, The Runaways, and at times, The Never Ending Story, but done as a comedy. Contrary to my expectations, neither Robert Wagner nor Paul Reiser were in this film (not even cameos), which was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I also feel like Russell's character would have benefited from a zany sidekick, similar to Tom Arnold's character in True Lies. If the female protagonist's profession was cattle rancher, I certainly wasn't feeling it. In fact, this movie took place in a city of all places. I could really see this movie taking off as a musical, especially if the lead antagonist role could go to someone a little more authentic, like Tom Bergeron or Greg Kinnear, or William Devane. One pro about this film though is that it wasn't the typical Pierce Brosnan movie, where he plays a grizzled diesel mechanic down on his luck after a failed career in hip hop, struggling to navigate a broken legal system while fighting for the custody of his son-in-law, all the while, battling a wine cooler addiction and suppressing his love for hopscotch, only to emerge as a gay, award-winning pastry chef and US ambassador to Kazakstan. You know the story.

This movie just had a hard time flowing and was amateurish feeling. The acting was pretty mediocre, often with mumbling dialog. You eventually have to turn on closed captioning. The editing style did not segue smoothly within and between many scenes. There's no explanation of Heather Graham's character until the end, whereby all of a sudden she goes from 'a friend' to apparently/magically getting her law degree and being his lawyer???? What the???? To make matters worse, her significant other also just happens to go from "everyday guy" to lead FBI agent??? Then, to further insult the audience, we're just supposed to buy that those two would then be the sole two people n the interrogation room with him??? You can't be serious. It's like they wrote the script as they went and just decided to invent things... At the end, I really wanted my 93 minutes back.