The action-packed film revolves around an interesting collection of difficult stages to be passed by Sam Jilin. Sam Jilin is jailed and sentenced to get out of the federal prison somewhere in the Midwest. Sam's entry into the prison is due to the theft of the bank he and his partner stole, but his partner was killed. So Sam took the money and hid it, and now he went out. He is on his way to taking money. What will happen to him on his way to money?
Several members of the Astor Plaza audience yesterday afternoon could not contain their merriment when, in the middle of the film, Mr. Van Damme's character identified himself as a lawyer.
Moviehole
March 31, 2005
Van Damme hits a high-note for once
Time Out
January 26, 2006
When Van Damme is doing what he does best -- narcissistically displaying his body and thumping the bad guys -- the film works reasonably well.
Except for a few short bursts here and there, and one extended scene during the climax, the film is mostly talk. And since Van Damme's range as a dramatic actor is marginal at best, this is a problem.
While it boasts better supporting actors and technical credits than other Van Damme projects, the film nonetheless founders, a victim of its own lugubrious pace and misguided efforts at turning the bulging Belgian into a romantic lead.
This is the kind of movie that is so witlessly generic that the plot and title disappear into a mist of other recycled plots and interchangeable titles.
