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movie completely underrated


It's laughable that this film doesn't even break 6 territory. C'mon people, MK's performance alone is totally intense and driven. Garcia is great, the tension between hunting down MK and not killing him, while getting to the boy in time to save his life was riveting.

Solid 7 film.

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This cast and all of it is a 10 with me.Maybe Morgan Freeman could have blessed us with a cameo...HA Ha Ha

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Disagree. I rallied all my friends to go see this with me in the theater in 1998 and God was I disappointed. It wasn't an action film, even though it was marketed that way, but worse: it wasn't an interesting drama. It was incredibly boring, as I remember it, and the ending was very lame. Michael Keaton came back for this?!?

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Indeed. I just saw this movie today and was surprised to learn it came out so long ago. Where has it been?

It could've been better; there was something missing, but it is a good movie. It deserves better than a sub 6 rating here.

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I consider it a 7 rated movie, too - why Keaton was not nominated for an acting award is incomprehensible'

Having said that, I agree with some of the others that Garcia's character was morally bankrupt.

Also, I know it's only a movie, but it was unrealistic.

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It is more than laughable; it is unbelievable. I appreciated every single moment of the action, drama, script, actors and more. Still, it is not a master piece or anything like that, but you can feel the atmosphere between the protagonist (Garcia) and antagonist (Keaton); the story is believable and everything else as well. Not worthy of oscars, but they did a good job here. Anyway, this is just my opinion; I just wanted to write it down given the ridiculous low rating.

"Dying is what mortals do for a living." - Marco Avila

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