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The Plot... A barge full of nuclear warheads has been borrowed by a former U.S. General (Robert Vaughn). With the aid of a private explosives hacker, the ATF hopes to reclaim the stolen items and get them back to their rightful owner. NASA, with the help of Stanley Menchpress (Tom Cruise), must race through the San Fransisco to return the stolen thermo-nuclear explosives promptly to the Argentinian government. And if this wasn't enough, he has only 15 hours to do it. With the assistance of a grizzled veteran (Robert Duvall), the good guy must race through the Sahara Desert to return the stolen lethal poisonous gas in a timely manner to the Argentinian people. The situation turns sour as he figures out that his sister in-law (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been kidnapped by the the bad guys. Added to the mix we have the screwball tomfoolery of a sass-talking black man (Chris Tucker) who when kidnapped by the the villain says: "Wassup my niggas?" However this will prove difficult because a cop with a vendetta (Lawrence Fishburne) has information concerning his messy past. Just as our hero are setting out on their perlious journey, they suddenly lapse into a sing-along of Leavin' on a Jetplane much to the disappointment of the ATF . In a stunning climax the President recites a speech to the peoples of the world. While this moment of truth unfolds he says: "Mankind is a creature of survival. Mankind will survive. Mankind MUST survive!" A CIA explosives expert in the crowd answers this with: "I hope god is on our side."
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