Plot: 4
friends get lost on the way to a boxing match and witness a murder. They are
now being hunted by the killers.
Review: This
movie was a big deal when I was a kid. My brother and I would watch it all the
time. Watching it now, it feels a little weird. There is a lot swearing, but
most of it I probably didn’t understand at the time. There isn’t all that much
action and the killing that does happen seems very mean spirited, especially
compared to the Schwarzenegger movies I grew up on.
Emilio Estevez as the main hero is
an unusual choice but he does alright here. He’s supposed to be an everyman. At
times though he gets annoying, acting like everyone’s mom. Stephen Dorff are
Cuba Gooding Jr. are the hothead and Jeremy Piven is the weasel, typical
archetypes. Dennis Leary as the villain was good. He’s scary and threatening
since he’s got a crew and guns, but you feel that on a one on one fight you
could take him.
This movie is more of a thriller
than an action movie. It manages to keep the intensity but sometimes the
characters get annoying and bothersome. A decent movie but not great by any
stretch.
Score: 6/10
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