A far-fetched thriller unredeemed by some good acting--and I'm not talking about Eastwood.

It's a unique premise, and I loved the acting from the terrific cast, especially Eastwood, Hackman, Harris, and Davis. The problem is that so little of consequence happens between the first 10 minutes and the last 30; they had a strong opening and satisfying finale in mind, but no clue what to do with all the time in between. Yeah, we get to know the individual characters and rest of their lives, but none of it is particularly interesting. The movie is decent, but also a missed opportunity.

This sucked remarkably hard. Poorly acted, poorly directed, and feels like low-budget made-for-TV throw-away film. Come on Clint, you can do better than this.

"Frequently fun, but glossy tosh."

Flawed and tacky in so many ways, but it always entertains me.

Comically inept secret service, a cartoon president, and some ridiculous moments, but Clint is awesome and keeps things together.

The story describes a conflict that arises after Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood), a master jewel thief, witnesses Secret Service agents killing Christy (Melora Hardin), the beautiful young wife of elderly billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall), during her drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), the President of the United States. Sullivan is Richmond's friend and financial supporter, and Richmond is a known philanderer. Luther has a daughter, Kate (Laura Linney), who works as

Great cast. I should give it another go.

Entertaining but ultimately frivolous. It has one of those "sum-up-in-4-sentences-in-an-elevator-with-a-film-exec" plots, which I despise, and when the plot tries desperately to propel that water-cooler idea, it fails. So in that spirit, the plot summed up in the immortal words of Tech N9ne: "Power the evil way is power the people say / Rebel yellin' with felons and my pockets are swellin' / This beats from Berlin Germany throwin' up Mizzizzy / So ain't no other city concerning me"