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4 / 10

I guess if the president’s gonna cheat, so can the first lady.
Not as fascinating as “Absolute Power” or as timeless, this political thriller deals with the secret service’s attempt to figure out who among their staff is trying to assassinate president David Rasche which leads to a bunch of overdone action sequences including an attack on a shopping mall and intrigue between agents Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria erupts. The film move swiftly and there is plenty of action, but a subplot involving Douglas’s affair with first lady Kim Basinger just doesn’t add the erotic trails that the audience presumably was looking for. We’ve seen Douglas in this predicament many times before with dangerous Black Widow type women, and wild Basinger is dignified for show, you begin to wonder if her character is behind everything going on behind the scenes to get rid of a husband we really don’t get to see all that much.

Once again, there is an overuse of dramatic music that’s supposed to make you feel tense and involved, and after a while, it’s once again a repeat of a elements in a film that we’ve seen far too often. The film certainly does maintain attention, but it’s your run-of-the-mill matinee type thriller that’s easily forgotten once it’s all over. Once again, it’s showing us the corruption of the government which basically just makes you say, yeah, we know they are corrupt, Now show us something we don’t know. Sutherland’s character is completely unlikable, totally just respectful to Longoria and instantly treating her with contempt.

We’re supposed to respect a part of the government that’s very important when we see that they have people like this in positions of power. Douglas too is a bad example of people misusing their power and you really don’t get enough of Basinger and Rasche to feel an interest in their story. So when the action stops even though the film does remain intense, there’s an anxiousness for the film to just wrap everything up so you can move on to something more substantial. This is another been there, done that political thriller with lots of action and explosions and intense music, and the feeling of familiarity that reminds you of films that were all so much better. I initially got this film thinking it was a remake of the 1977 horror film and that was another disappointment when I realized that it had nothing to do with that supernatural classic and indeed began to wonder why they just didn’t come up with another title.Read More