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The Plot... A cargo bus loaded with government secrets has been pilfered by a good guy gone bad (John Lithgow). With the help of a contracted explosives specialist, the ATF hopes to reclaim the pilfered computer chips and get them back to their native land. NASA, with the help of Nicholas Benchwreck (Tom Cruise), must race through the New Jersy Turnpike to return the stolen nuclear warheads safely to the English military. As if it wasn't hard enough, he has a smidge less than 15 weeks to do it. With the help of a leather-faced weapons specialist (Jon Voight), the good guy must jet ski through the San Fransisco to deliver the hijacked CIA information promptly to the Japanese people. The situation turns sour as he figures out that his little sister (Nicole Kidman) has been working for the the bad guys. Along with this you see the loveable slapstick of a jive talkin' soul brother (Chris Tucker) who when captured by the the bad guys says: "Y'all be trippin' or somethin', shit." However this won't be easy seeing that a cop with a vendetta (Ray Liotta) has information about his messy past. Just as our heroes are setting off on their suicidal mission, they poorly all burst into a sing-along of Leavin' on a Jetplane much to the embarrassment of the FBI . In the eleventh hour the President fumbles through a decree to the governments of the world. While this dramatic grandstanding happens he says: "This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make. Mankind will survive. Mankind MUST survive!" A NASA explosives expert watching a TV in a store window replies: "I just hope he's right."
Coming this spring. Rated PG-13 Projected Critic Rating: |
