I saw this move over seven years ago when it came out and I still haven't seen a movie as bad since. Prepare to dodge the clichés that are fired out of this movie faster than a machine gun. The characters are wooden (the good guys are VERY good, the bad guys are VERY bad, and nothing in between), the plot is straight out of a Harlequin Romance novel, the script is riddled with lines that garner unintended laughs, and the direction is unbearable.
Having endured nearly three hours of this disaster, I fully expected to see Michael Bay and/or Jerry Bruckheimer in the credits, as it had all the earmarks of their work but, to my surprise, even THEY wouldn't have anything to do with a movie this simple-minded. I couldn't help immediately comparing this to "Pearl Harbor." Both movies have so much in common - all for the wrong reasons - and, in both, the audience is hoping a Japanese bomb or two takes out the lead actors. It would've helped their careers.
Only one notable quote spoken in this movie kept it from getting a "1" score in my eyes: "It wouldn't be a war if someone wasn't making money." That was the highlight of a film that all respectable Aussies should disown outright.
Having endured nearly three hours of this disaster, I fully expected to see Michael Bay and/or Jerry Bruckheimer in the credits, as it had all the earmarks of their work but, to my surprise, even THEY wouldn't have anything to do with a movie this simple-minded. I couldn't help immediately comparing this to "Pearl Harbor." Both movies have so much in common - all for the wrong reasons - and, in both, the audience is hoping a Japanese bomb or two takes out the lead actors. It would've helped their careers.
Only one notable quote spoken in this movie kept it from getting a "1" score in my eyes: "It wouldn't be a war if someone wasn't making money." That was the highlight of a film that all respectable Aussies should disown outright.
