Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
Nobody really cares about the plot, least of all the filmmakers.
– Stephen Hunter,
Washington Post,
8 Jun 2001
rotten:
An action opera designed to elicit Beavis and Butt-head-level appreciation.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
8 Jun 2001
rotten:
The sleazy script by Skip Woods ... slimes the actors.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 Jun 2001
rotten:
The story ... is just what fills in the gaps between slow-motion fireballs, Matrix-style frozen mayhem, and Halle Berry's notoriously undraped breasts.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
12 Jun 2001
rotten:
Another in a long line of middling movies for Travolta.