mjb442olds

In response to the post by a misguided and biased 'bekayess from Orlando, FL', this is a fine movie about the possibility of a nuclear attack. Instead of reviewing the qualities of this movie and an appearance from Soprano's star Nancy Marchand, he chooses to belittle our President. Taken place in a remote and quiet rural town, a warning buzzer sounds off in a school. With communication cut off and no way of verifying the warning, officials dismiss the school and some of the children must walk home with teachers. Fears unfold and tension rises between adults and children. I only wish this movie was available. I caught it on an early Saturday morning a few years ago, and haven't seen it replayed since. Would be a great addition to ones collection, regardless of bekayess unwarranted comments.

This movie was hard to follow with it's myriad of flashbacks. The current state of Hollywood action flicks is pretty sad, as they have given up realism for sensationalism. In one scene, Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek awoke from bed only to find two baddies drawing a bead on them from street level with automatic weapons. In the shootout in which it seems hundreds of rounds were fired, and Banderas and Hayek were slow in fleeing the scene, not once were they even nicked with a bullet. It seems like the bad guys in this movie were all terrible shots and only the 'good' guys had keen marksmanship. And I lost count on how many rounds were spent from Banderas' two-shot sawed off shotgun before he re-loaded. Gimme a break. I understand a little 'suspension of belief' in movies, but this was too much. And Banderas, to me, is no actor. Who made him so??? The best part of this film? Any scene with Salma Hayek in it. Well in my opinion, this movie wasn't worth the film it was printed on. A waste of a good cast, other than Banderas, on a film even a juvenile can see through. Sheesh!!