Catherine Zeta-Jones is an insurance investigator obsessed with capturing Sean Connery, the world's greatest art thief. She convinces her boss Will Patton that Connery is responsible for the recent theft of a Rembrandt, and if Patton sends her to Scotland she can entice Connery into joining her in a heist that will result in his capture.
Do I need to tell you that nobody is exactly who they seem to be?
I remember seeing the trailer for this film on TV about a thousand times in 1999 and becoming obsessed with Connery bellowing "You're playing both sides!". Over the years, this has become shorthand with me for dumb Hollywood filmmaking.
I saw this movie on DVD some time in the early 2000's and remembered nothing about it that wasn't in the trailer.
Imagine my surprise ... I kind of like this one.
Let me be clear ... it's an idiotic film. But it establishes it's idiocy right from the start and kind of makes a pact with you. If you'll bracket any idea of plausibility, this will be a fun romp with two huge stars doing James Bond action scenes. It followed through.
Connery and Zeta-Jones have chemistry. Zeta-Jones looks wonderful in a leather body suit. Connery says "vase" several times and his pronunciation is hilarious. Ving Rhames shows up and everyone loves Ving Rhames. Will Patton is fun to dislike. Maury Chaykin shows up and eats everything in site. The action scenes are really good.
I had fun.
If you think too hard about the last scene of the film, it makes the entire climax pointless. I recommend not thinking about this film.
Do I need to tell you that nobody is exactly who they seem to be?
I remember seeing the trailer for this film on TV about a thousand times in 1999 and becoming obsessed with Connery bellowing "You're playing both sides!". Over the years, this has become shorthand with me for dumb Hollywood filmmaking.
I saw this movie on DVD some time in the early 2000's and remembered nothing about it that wasn't in the trailer.
Imagine my surprise ... I kind of like this one.
Let me be clear ... it's an idiotic film. But it establishes it's idiocy right from the start and kind of makes a pact with you. If you'll bracket any idea of plausibility, this will be a fun romp with two huge stars doing James Bond action scenes. It followed through.
Connery and Zeta-Jones have chemistry. Zeta-Jones looks wonderful in a leather body suit. Connery says "vase" several times and his pronunciation is hilarious. Ving Rhames shows up and everyone loves Ving Rhames. Will Patton is fun to dislike. Maury Chaykin shows up and eats everything in site. The action scenes are really good.
I had fun.
If you think too hard about the last scene of the film, it makes the entire climax pointless. I recommend not thinking about this film.