Action Hero MoviesThis movie gets off to a weird start, with bang average actors doing very odd things. The first 15 minutes are incredibly boring. But it gets slightly more interesting before the 20 minute mark as Sean Connery enters the movie, although the weirdness doesn’t subside.
This movie’s theme is based heavily on weather manipulation by the baddies. Bear in mind there weren’t nearly so many well known weather manipulation conspiracy theories floating around in those days, so this is probably an airing of fantasies by those dabbling in this technology but who haven’t yet locked it down so firmly. Even by today’s standards it’s a tad unrealistic to have a winter snowstowm in the corners of the garden while it looks calm & pleasant from inside the house.
By the half way mark, I’d say this movie is due for a Watchable wating, and although it got a bit better for a while in the second half, by the end, Watchable seems very fair. Not because it’s got a mix of strong action and nasty horror or medical propaganda like some movies do, but in this case, because it’s not got much on either side. It’s all a bit nonchalant. Even the odd fast action scene is treated by the actors as barely more stimulating than a cup of tea. Oh, and the actors seem to love the sound of their own voice way too much here — especially Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman. By the posh, for the posh, it seems. If I never see this movie again, I won’t be missing anything.