Two Arkansas firefighters get handed a map from a dude in a
burning building. The guy goes up in
flames before explaining anything but the firemen discover that it leads to
gold hidden in some warehouse in St. Louis.
They decide to go after it but while they’re searching the building a
local gang shows up. Oh shit, looks like
they’re in quite a pickle.
The whole thing turns into a Panic Room type situation where the firemen trap themselves in a section
of the building (along with one of the gang members that they as a hostage) and
have to figure a way out. This is better
than Panic Room though. The characters are enjoyable to be with and things
change just enough and often enough to keep you interested.
The white firemen cast consists of Bill Paxton (Predator 2, Apollo 13) and William
Sadler (Die Hard 2, Bill & Ted’s
Bogus Journey). The black cast is
made up of Ice-T (Johnny Mnemonic,
Ricochet), Ice Cube (Anaconda, Ghosts
of Mars), Art Evans (Die Hard 2,
Metro), De’voreaux White (Argyle from Die
Hard), Bruce A. Young (Basic Instinct),
Glenn Plummer (Speed, Showgirls) and
some other lesser knowns. This is a
pretty ridiculous cast including three people that were in Die Hard movies and no women at all. Plus you got Walter Hill (Last Man Standing, The Driver, The Warriors)
directing.
But what’s really weird about this picture is that it was
written and produced by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. I guess Zemeckis passed on this to do Death Becomes Her. The thing is you would never know this was
written by the same guy that did the Back
to the Futures and Who Framed Roger
Rabbit. There isn’t anything I can
pinpoint in the film that has a Zemeckis fingerprint on it.
Overall I liked it. This
is much better than the 2011 Trespass
(which has nothing to do with this movie by the way). It’s not really great but certainly
entertaining and fun enough for a one time watch.
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