The Plot... A bus full of government secrets has been pilfered by a lunatic (Ed Harris). With the assistance of a contracted weapons specialist, the ATF hopes to intercept the hijacked computer chips and return them to their original owner. PETA, with the assistance of Bufford Botchgood (Nicholas Cage), must race through the Swiss Alps to return the pilfered thermo-nuclear explosives in a timely manner to the Japanese government. As if this wasn't enough, he has a mere 6 minutes to do it. With the assistance of an old marine (Sean Connery), our heroes must motorbike through the Sahara Desert to return the hijacked lethal poisonous gas safely to the English government. All this turns sour as he figures out that his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been working for the the bad guys. Along with this there is the screwball tomfoolery of a sass-talking black man (Dave Chapelle) who when held prisoner by the the villain says: "What the FUCK!?!?" It won't be easy seeing that a cop with a vendetta (Robert DiNero) has secrets pertaining to his sloppy criminal record. Just as the good guy are leaving on their suicidal journey, they suddenly lapse into a sing-along of Love that Dirty Water much to the disappointment of the NCAA . At the final moment the President fumbles through 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 PETA explosives hacker in the crowd retorts: "He better be right... for our sake." Coming this fall. Rated PG-13 Running time 176 minutes Directed by: Michael Bay Projected Critic Rating:

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