Some movies are so bad that they actually make you mad. This one made me long for the end of the world (at least assuming this film isn’t showing in Hell, and I guess that’s probably not all that safe a bet). For openers, I can’t stand Bruce Willis. Actually, I don’t know the man personally, but I dislike the flabby, balding, blue collar hero out to save the world characters he usually plays. And you know when Steve Buscemi is the high point of a movie that the rest of it is pretty much unwatchable. For the most part this is two and a half hours (which seem like a whole lot more) of one poorly-directed action sequence after another. By the end it gets to the point where enough things have gone wrong for the sole purpose of prolonging the plot that it just seems like it’s going to go on forever. Even getting the opportunity to watch Paris getting blown to bits doesn’t save this stinker. Wish I’d skipped it
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