Anthony Hopkins

Chris Rock

Gabriel Macht

Peter Stormare

John Slattery

Kerry Washington

Garcelle Beauvais

Brooke Smith

Irma P. Hall

Matthew Marsh

Deborah Rush

Daniel Sunjata

John Aylward

Dragan Mićanović

T.J. Cross

Michael Ealy

Adoni Maropis

DeVone Lawson Jr.

Wills Robbins

Marek Vašut

Majed Ibrahim

Peter Macdissi

Fuman Dar

Petr Jákl

Dan Ziskie

John Fink

Joseph Edward

David Fisher

Jan Nemejovský

Winter Ave Zoli

Elin Špidlová

Magdalena Souskova

Peter Davies

Lanette Ware

Ammar Daraiseh

Jiri Simberský

Mikuláš Křen

Eddie Yansick

Philip Buch

Steven Fisher

Miloš Kulhavý

Petr Vlasak

Viktor Červenka

Dusan Hyska

P.I. Noccio

Minna Pyyhkala

Kurt Bryant

Pavel Krátký

Frantisek Deak

Muslim Tagirov

Brad Harper

Jeff Mantel

Bill Massof

Shabazz Richardson

Joel Sugerman

Christopher Best

Matthew Zolan

Dale Wyatt

Clare Britton

Peter Von Berg

Philippe Vonlanthen

Shea Whigham

Joel Schumacher

Michael Browning

Jerry Bruckheimer

Mike Stenson

Trevor Rabin

Dariusz Wolski

Victoria Thomas

Jan Roelfs

Leslie A. Pope

Beatrix Aruna Pasztor

Gary M. Goodman

David Himmelstein

Jason Richman

Kathy Nelson

Bob Badami

Jonathan Filley

Mark Cotone

Eric Henriquez

Pat Sandston

Kenny Bates

Eli Richbourg

Matthew Stillman

David Minkowski

Kris Evans

Lisa Deveaux

Anita Gibson

James Sarzotti

Aaron F. Quarles

Scott Julion

Brian Sherratt

Donna Maloney

Peter J. Devlin

George Watters II

Kevin O'Connell

Greg P. Russell

Stephanie Finochio

Mark Goldblatt

Robert K. Lambert

Jakub Dvorak

Chad Oman

Clayton Townsend

Lary Simpson

Alan Gilmore

Jindřich Kočí

W. Steven Graham

John Cenatiempo

Roy Farfel

Frank Ferrara Sr.

Peter Bucossi

Janet Paparazzo

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

Bad Company

Stillking Films

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Touchstone Pictures

United States of America

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You might be more forgiving of this if you are a fan of Chris Rock's fast-paced, quick-thinking banter. If you are not then it really can border on the puerile at times. The premiss sees Rock ("Jake") recruited by worldly CIA man "Oakes" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) after his twin brother is killed. Aside from the fact that "Jake" didn't even know he had a brother, let alone that he was an agent, he is not an especially brave young man who tends to let his mouth do most of the work - so off we go into the murky and perilous world of terrorists bent on killing his fiancée and destroying New York. It's all pretty formulaic stuff - pyrotechnics, shoot 'em ups, secret codes etc. - with Hopkins standing around most of the time chewing on a toothpick looking about as disinterested at I rapidly became. Some of Rock's retorts are quite amusing, but at two hours the story wears too thin too quickly and there is little, if any, chemistry between the two at the top of the bill. The effects are pretty standard, as is the plot and though it is watchable enough, it's certainly not remotely memorable.

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