Collecting Movie Reviews

I understand that when DVDs first came out we wantedd to get all of our favorites ASAP - Right Stuff, JFK, Total Recall, etc. I name these three because they were all released and then re-released with new stuff. The new stuff was cool, and it came much later than when the DVD was originally released. However, this is the third JFK DVD to be released already. How many more should we expect. What makes this one anymore special than the Director's Cut. I appreciate trying to get as much stuff on the DVD as you can, but why could it not have been done on the second one. These DVDs are becoming like computers, as soon as you buy on you better beware because a new, sleeker model will soon be on the way.
It boggles my mind!!!

Holy cow! Never before was there ever such a incredibly long and more complicated movie ever made. This is definatley one you'll have to watch morte than once to absorb all of it. Everyone knows the basic facts, but this film incovers more detailed information into the conspiracy of John F. Kennedy's assasination. The Special features disc is amazing as well. It contains some great documentaries on the assasination theories and such. Definatley worth every cent on this one!

JFK tries tries to answer some very difficult questions about what really happened on November 22 1963. Critics have said that Director Oliver Stone's film presents a "slanted" view of history. While that may or may not be the case, I'm struck by how well the film is put together, regardless of whether you choose to believe the whole film or not.

The script is based on 2 books about the case and centers around New Orleans DA Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner, in his best role to date) and his investigation into the assasination. Gary Oldman gives a great performance as would be killer Lee Harvey Oswald The other cast members are top notch too. The movie is filled with surprising cameos from Edward Asner Jack Lemmon Walter Mathau and the "real life" Jim Garrison among others.

From a technical standpoint, as I hinted at earlier, the very complex movie is just about flawless. It boasts some of the best editing work I have ever seen on film. The score by John Williams is one of his best and very fitting. The director's cut comes in at 3 hours 27 minutes. You'd never know it. Stone draws you in and the film goes by pretty quickly.

This latest 2 disc DVD set is actually the second of its kind released. The bonus materials are pretty much the same, save for a newly created feature lentgth documentary, on the film and the historical events. It's well made and is worth a look. Disc 2 also has at least 30 minutes worth of deleted scenes-with optional commentary by Stone-going even beyond the 17 additional minutes of the director's cut presented on disc 1. The main audio commentary track by Stone offers not only facinating details on making the film but also provides information about the people places and events depicted in the movie. There's a facinating interview with the real life Mr.(played by Donald Sutherland in the movie). There is also a 30 minute update about the declassification of documents related to the investigation that happened as a direct result of the film's release. Multimedia essays from various writers and DVD-ROM material, like reviews of the film, a theatrical trailer sampler, additional essays and web links

If you already own the previous 2 disc set, this latest release may not be worth a rebuy. But it's definately worth it if you like the film a lot. You may not agree with everything Stone's got to say in his movie about the subject. However, even if you don't, you still have to admire him for making a complex film entertaining and engrossing, while at the same time giving viewers a lot to think about after they watch it

Good job of directing a minor masterpiece - Kevin Smith! The acting is wonderful, the story is lively, funny, sad, and full of surprises. I felt like I was given a born again insight into the problems of same gender, different gender, and both gender sexual feelings and expressions or repression there of. All of this and everyone's relationships are set in the world of comic books because the protagonists played by Affleck, Adams, and Lee all work as comic book creators. If you get queasy over rauchy language be warned - the film is full of it, like every other word from Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams, and everyone else except for Ben Affleck- but in the end it all makes sense and it all has pretty profound meaning. Read behind the lines and behind the comics. Clear your mind of stereotypes and you will find that truly "Chasing Amy" is a contemporary morality play. Not since Gone with the Wind....has an ending left me hanging like this one did. No hints, though, just see it. This time I think Siskel(who was still alive then) and Ebert are right....thumbs up!

I first saw Chasing Amy in my college's theater and was told that it was the sequel to Mallrats. I had no idea what that was or who Kevin Smith was - but when I saw it, I instantly recognized the genius of the writing. Smith has impressed me with Dogma and his works on Marvel Comics. But I believe Chasing Amy is his best film work ever.

The story, dialogue, and just how everything played out was truly beautiful, rare for love stories. I got the sense that it was real, not sappy, not pathetically romantic or predictable, as so many love stories are. The last love story I saw was How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days - hilarious film, but it was an amalgam of relationship generalities. Chasing Amy was not - it felt real. I learned later that the movie was based on Smith's former relationship with Joey Lauren Adams. I think Chasing Amy is a masterful work - a great story.

If you are looking for a movie that is real, a romance story that is real, or just a really good story - you have to watch this movie.

this one is my favortie out of the Jay and Silent Bob movie because it has great writing and Smith apologizes for his last one MallRats which was ok. I liked the chemistry between Affleck and Adams I think they worked great and it helped with Jason Lee too. Silent Bob telling the Amy story is the best. other people like Matt Damon(Dogma, Courage Under Fire), Dwight Ewell(Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) and mostly a lot of people from the other Smith movies contribute parts as well.

This is the first 4 episodes of the popular anime series. At this point, we are not sure what the overall plot will be. The first four episodes serve as introduction and not much else. The world is flooded and there is an alien race attacking the Earth known as Angels. The only thing that can stand against the Angels is a new robot called EVA. The Eva unit must have a pilot. Shinji, a 14 year old boy has been tapped as the pilot. Shinji does not feel that he is up to the task and is also dealing with issues of alienation and loneliness. He doesn't have any friends and does not make friends easily. Being the pilot of the EVA unit (the only available pilot) only serves to isolate Shinji even more. These first four episodes are really only character information and do not drive or truly set up a plotline. I enjoyed it, but didn't love it.

This is the first disc of the Anime series Evangelion. It is slow at times, but that's what you expect considering this is the beginning. The story is as follows: young Shinji Ikari recieves a letter from his father saying he needs him, but Shinji doesn't know what for. Mysterious creatures known as Angels are attacking Tokyo 3 and when the UN forces can't do it they call on the mysterious organization NERV, who sends a robot called an Evangelion, which can only be piloted by a 14-year old child, (this will probably be explained in later episodes) which is the reason Shinji's father sent for him. Shinji is the only one can do it since their only other pilot, the mysterious Rei Ayanami, was severly injured from a previous battle. Shinji is reluctant at first but he ends up doing it anyway. I'm not gonna reveal anymore, except that it was fairly entertaining and I can't wait to get volume 2.

The DVD is okay. Not many Special Features besides Trailers, character Bios and the Japanese language track.

This is the first disc in the 8 disc collection of Neon Genesis Evangelion. In it, alot of important characters are introduced, and in a good way. For instance, you can tell from the first episode that our lead character is a very insecure child. Also, we have (trumpet fanfare please) the legendary Megumi. I actually own the full 8 disc box set, and must say that this was a strong beginning. A strong reccomendation to anime fans.

Men in Black is a funny film. Tommy Lee is great as the straight man and Will Smith delivers as the eager know-it-all. Who knew they had such chemistry together? Great premise, plot, pacing, and characters! Don't miss it.

This movie has such an original idea and is so funny! It harkens back to Ghostbusters. I just wish they wouldn't release it many different times in different DVD sets.

Are there extraterrestrials living among us? Is your next door neighbor one? How about the manager of your local supermarket?
Ah.....these are the questions you may be asking yourself after watching this outsanding movie, " Men In Black."
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, Secret Agents who are secretely keeping the aliens that live on earth in line, are our main players in this movie along with many yucky creepy aliens from God only knows where. When one of these aliens threatens our world the action begins and the battle between alien and earthmen heats up.
This movie had great special effects, great acting and many downright laugh outloud times. It was outstanding entertainment for the entire family and a movie that you would not mind seeing over and over again.

"The Last Tempation of Christ" has got to be one of the most controversial movies of all time. And I can certainly see why. (I warn you now, there are many spoilers ahead.) Personally I thought that Willem Defoe was an interesting choice, but the right one. This movie's Jesus is very confused about the message that God, his father, wanted brought to the world. Defoe played the anger, fear, and uncertainty of the cinimatic Jesus beautifly. Barbara Hershey's Mary Magdelin was not a depature from the whore of the Bible, but an expantion on the idea. Here is the only problem I have with the movie; her sex scenes were too graphic, but I can see the point of why it was done that way, I just didn't like it. Harvey Keitel's Judas is more than we usually would think of him. He is not the betrayer, but is acting on Jesus's orders. The rest of the cast is what worthy of their roles; Harry Dean Stanton's Paul is appropiotly fanaticle (but Jesus and Paul never met in the Bible!). And interestingly, David Bowie gives the most low key preformance, if that can be believed, as the judge who condems Jesus, Pontios Pilot. Bowie's statesman is the voice of reason, albiet from Imperial Roman point of view. The biggest complaint of the people was the alleged sex scene between Mary and Jesus. Folks, yes, it's there. But the context is that it is a dream, or an illusion; a tempatation from Satan for Jesus to lead a human, normal life as a man. It is a very powerful movie, and one that should be watched and thought about. Love it or hate it, but watch it and make your own judgement about it.

Is what director Scorcese blurted out to a studio executive when asked why he wanted to do this film. There was one of those silences and then he laughed and went on with his pitch. He said what was in his his heart. Not a good sales tactic generally but there it was.

After the film was completed, Scorsese, a devout Roman Catholic was concerned that people might be offended by the way Judas is presented---he acts on Jesus's orders to betray him. Poor dear, it didn't occur to him that what sent his critics bonkers was a Jesus who wanted to marry and (gasp!) have sex with his wife, Mary Maddelene.

Nikos Kazantsakis masterpiece was faithfully brought to the screen. For the record Nikos, one of the greatest authors of the twentiteth century was a devout Greek Orthodox, and his Christian themes resound in his works.

When writing 'The Last Temptation ' he clearly stated in the foreword that this story was NOT based literally on the gospels, but that he had been inspired by the THEME of the dual nature of Christ, as God and Man.--Which, after all IS the Catholic, Orthodox and Mainstream Protestant theological view of Jesus.

And which has never been adequately portrayed on film before--perfection cannot change, and we've had a hosts of Christs form Jeffrey Hunter 'I was a teenage Jesus' to Max Von Sydow making fools of themselves by speaking VERY slowly and stately in poor scripts , and showing that, gee, they're having a bad night at Gethsemene.

In any case, Kazantsakis went with the idea of what would be the ultimate temptation for a Man who is also The Son of God, and steered his novel brilliantly towards it. Jesus passes the tests in the desert, turning down all the kingdoms of the earth, but on the cross, Satan hits him with the subtle bombshell: To be an ordinary, happily married, family man. In mortal pain, Jesus does not realize what or whom he is dealing with until the very end, when he triumphs.

On film the scene when Satan takes out the nails from the cross is among the most chilling ever filmed. Other great moments are Judas's " These men you've surrounded yourself with---where did you find them? " , referring to the bickering apostles, Peter's terror as they march to their deaths " Master, will there be angels there to greet us , Master? " (It's just too hard), Mary Magdalene accusing Jesus of being a coward who hides behind his mother and now hides behind God---No, folks it is not the letter, but to borrow from St.Paul, it's close to the spirit of The Gospels. Jesus is indeed capable of redeeming mankind because he suffers humiliation, doubt and temptation as all men do. And yes, the film asserts that he is indeed, God.

Well, to the pure all things are pure but to the impure? Suffice it to say that one can rent soft core porn at Blockbuster's but not Scorcese's film. Go figure.

Defoe is great , as is the entire cast. Shot on a shoestring budget, this is a labor of love. A magnificent film.

A sacrament of the cinema.

The Last Temptation of Christ is a splendid movie on all counts. Devout Christian hardliners should stay away though because the story does use quite a lot of poetic license - but it does justify it in many ways. Basically this film caused a ruckus among some Christian hardliners because Jesus has sexual intercourse in the film. "Wait?" I hear you say. "Surely that kind of blasphemy should boast disapproval from every Christian worldwide?" "Neigh" I say. "You do not know why it is there until you see the film in its entirety."

The film is based on Nikos Kazantzakis' 1955 novel which caused such an outrage that the Catholic Church banned it and the Greek Orthodox Church excommunicated him. When Martin Scorsese released the film in 1988 the church stayed somewhat quiet but groups affiliated with Christian rights went spastic when they heard that the movie was in production. Universal who financed the picture arranged a private advance screening for some of these groups because of a fear that it could tarnish their image. The groups went nuts, starting demonstrating on the streets outside cinemas and Christian radio and television shows raved on about the blasphemous film nonstop 24/7 - so of course the whole world ended up watching it and people who knew nothing about it or never went to cinema ended up queuing miles around the block to see it.

In short, God and Jesus are not mocked by any means. In fact they are glorified. Scorsese himself is a fan of big J and it shows in this wonderful and thoroughly engaging film that is probably Scorseses best work. Jesus is a lonely and psychologically disturbed carpenter who is alive during the oppressive regime of Rome. He has hallucinations which drive him to preach the new word of God. His performs miracles and starts a revolt against the system. He doubts his own abilities and confides in many dark secrets with his closets friends. The TEMPTATION in this film is Jesus refusing to acknowledge himself, always failing to become what he was meant to be. There is an excellent twist in this film which does grab you by collar and shakes you around. Very good indeed and nicely executed by Scorsese.

There are some critics about this film but they are usually aesthetic in value, namely the New York accents and some of the dialog is very "Down Town" or "Lower East Side". Apart from that this movie is a wonderful experience and utterly compelling. A big thumbs up for this movie about the big J.

This is how children's fantasy should be - genuinely fantastic, avoiding (or, where possible, upturning) all the sword and sorcery cliches, and with a black, mean streak running through it, as kids themselves have. All second nature to one T Gilliam, of course, and the brilliance with which he pulls off the many spectacles herein is offset by a refreshing lack of "and do you know what, children?" sentimentality. If JK Rowling is the well-meaning but rather patronising relative who produces sixpences from behind your ear with monotonous predictability, Gilliam is the "odd" uncle who nicks your Almond Joy and scares you half to death with tales of the Toilet Monster.

As a teen in the 1980's I watched this movie a lot when it was shown on HBO and I even taped it though it was unfortunately taped over so I will probably buy the movie on DVD for my collection. The movie is weird but it's very entertaining and had a great cast. I recommend Time Bandits for people who like weird movies and I think it's good movie to watch anytime but is especially good to watch on Halloween.

*****
(Five stars)
Have you heard the phrase "damning by faint praise"?
If you read a faint criticism of "Time Bandits", you could think of that phrase.
Great film.
Hope this review meets the review guidelines or it's toast.

What a waste of an accomplished actress in Jodie Foster... None of the characters were particularly believable, and all of them were ridiculously predictable. The same could be said for this film; just by-the-numbers, lowest-common-denominator Hollywood pulp. It might also help if the actress who plays Foster's daughter had an actual pulse, too.

Can't believe this is the same Fincher who made "Fight Club." What happened, has he had a lobotomy recently?

I saw "Panic Room" over a year ago and I have to say this is a work of art. Here is what I thought of this great movie.
Acting-9/10-The acting was pretty good. Jodie Foster gives off an exceptionally good performance while Kristen Stewart who plays the daughter of Jodie foster also gives off a good performance. A lot of talent was put in to making this movie and it shows.
Thrills- 10/10-I thought the thrills were great. It kept me at the edge of my seat for the most part." Panic Room" keeps you in suspense throughout the entire movie. You grow attached to the characters .Those were honestly some of the best two hours I had watching a movie.
Directing-9/10-Directing was also good. The script and storyline were well done and believable. With such great directing there is no wonder why this movie gets such great reviews.
If you like this movie I would also like to suggest another thriller "silence of the lambs" which I thought was even better.
Anyways,if you haven't seen this intense thriller I recommend you do so.A movie like "Panic Room" comes a long only once in a great while.Don't miss this wonderful movie,buy it and I promise you won't regret it.
I highly suggest inviting a friend or friends over because this movie is best enjoyed with another person.

The real star of this movie is David Fincher, the director whose exquisite use of his camera, lighting and atmosphere elevates what could have been nothing more than a variation on "Wait Until Dark." However, Fincher blesses us with a taut, visually stirring suspense-filled thriller. Jodie Foster plays a recent divorcee who moves into an elegant brownstone with her daughter, played quite well by Kristen Stewart. One unique feature of the house is its panic room----a room to go if you're house is invaded. And lo and behold, does it get invaded! Seems like the former owner left behind some money in a safe--where else, but in the panic room!!!!
The trio of villains, quite reminiscent of those in "Wait Until Dark" have their own agenda---henchman Jared Leto (I wanted to cut off his fingers, everytime he used them to punctuate his lines); the security man who installed the panic room (a nice performance from Forest Whitaker); and the obviously demonic Dwight Yoakam, a country singer whose stone-faced evil could be called a rotten performance, but it manages to work because the character is so blatantly heartless. I, too, had some trouble seeing Jodie's character married to such an older man, and if there is any weakness, it is the lack of any rapport between Foster, Stewart and Patrick Bauchau who plays the unfortunate ex-husband, Steven. An especially tense, subtly so, sequence is when Foster sends two cops away who have come to answer her husband's phone call. There is such fierce conflict in Foster's attempts to get rid of them so the two remaining villains won't ice her daughter.
In another vein, I really admired the opening credits, the way the names appeared to be signs on some of the buildings. Clever, indeed.
Director Fincher has given us two quite exceptional movies--this one and the 1995 chiller, "Seven." Let's hope he continues to do so in the future.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

When I borrowed this movie from a friend (who unfortunately hasn't seen it yet)my expectations were high (academic prizes, reviews and all such stuff). I started to watch the movie with an aticipation for something really good and scary, but as the movie went on I was inclined more and more to laugh. My opinion about this movie can be summarized in a few words: a movie overdramatized and overstuffed with visual effects that got nothing to with the classic novel by Bram Stoker. The beginning looked very artifical (in the full sense of the word), the style was sentimental and so overdramatized that I couldn't get myself to believe anything that happened on the screen. Gary Oldman playing the count Dracula was quite amusing because of the fact that the fearsome vampyre looked like an eccentric fragile old man (G. Oldman acting an old man, yeah, a bad pun) with rather strange hairstyle and long crimson robe. Such Dracula looked more capable of falling apart from the first touch finger than of murdering the innocents and sucking out their blood. Jonathan looked like some bad version of Leonardo da-Vinchi (sorry, Leonardo di-Caprio) et cetera. The other rather horrible thing about this movie was its omnipresent eroticism. Lucy couldn't be that sexy just because it all happens in the nineteenth century and the views on sex there were rather strict. Dracula turning into something looking like large ape with long mane of black hair (meant to be a werewolf????) and half raping Lucy half sucking her blood was just ridiculous. The succubi in the castle were the only creatures that shoud have been sexy, no one else. Anyway sex is one of the things that destroy the atmosphere of gothic horror story, not creating it. In short, if you're a fan of Edgar A. Poe or H.P. Lovecraft, playing "Diablo" or listening to such stuff as "Iced Earth", to be precise, if you're a fan of the horror genre, don't watch this movie (whatever is said in the five-star ratings, they're all wrong).

In the early ninties, several superb horror movies like 'Candyman' lost column inches and theatre audiences to 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'. On a tide of publicity it swept through the cinemas, touted as the most faithful adaptation of Stoker's novel ever produced, and while critics remained stony-faced, audiences loved it.

And with good reason.

With the exception of Keanu Reeves, who really should be banned by the UN Supreme Court from ever making another motion picture, 'Dracula' is definitely the best Vampire movie ever made. It remains extremely faithful to Stoker's original novel and its strength lies in Francis Ford Coppola's visualisation of Stoker's 19th Century London-based Count.

Big Names like Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins turn out excellent performances, but the real stars of this movie are the visuals used in production. Gowns are big and complicated, sets are lush and wholly convincing, and set-pieces like Lucy Westenra's Tomb scene and the opening sequence set in Transylvania are exquisitely realised and very engaging. Put simply, 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' is a wonderful movie for its visual beauty alone, and coupled with some strong performances, becomes a wonderful series of powerful images and sequences linked into one excellent production.

The Superbit version of the DVD is really the only version worth owning, as the quality is almost unimaginable. Hook up some stereo speakers and indulge!

Note: Keanu Reeves is the only reason I can't give this movie 5 stars. He's awful. In fact, he's worse than awful. But thankfully, he can't spoil the film. His part isn't big enough!

Coppola is a friggin' genius. This is a great adaptation. The cinematography is beautiful. Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Anthony Hopkins all should've got Oscars for this. The only bad thing about the movie is Keanu Reeves. His character is so boring and his English accent is terrible.

I heard so many great things about this movie before hand like it was the new action film, but when I saw it I could find nothing but the same. Its basically "Die Hard" but the tower is moved to Air Force One, Germans become Soviets, and McClane is changed to...the president of the United States...

Right...

Its seriously predictable, the gratuitous dead bodies being flung around didn't help either, and corny lines like "I trusted you with my life!" / "So will the next president!" deserve a laugh track.

Basically, I wasn't too impressed. When I want this formula, I'll just stick with "Die Hard."

I'm not quite sure what I mean by that, but, oh well... I needed a title...

Anyway, I'm not here to review the movie. Instead, I want to express my hatred for the little girl that plays Ford's daughter. This chick ruined what could've been a great moment in the film.

Yes, I'm talking about the scene where Gary Oldman is talking to her about killing a man. Oldman's acting is brilliant. But it's crippled by her wooden, emotionless delivery. When she says "you're a monster... my father is a great man. You're nothing like my father."... she just totally KILLS the entire moment. Her acting is SO hollow, and SO lacking tone and emotion that it makes me sick! That part is wrecked. She left it completely flavorless... DESTROYING what could have been a real memorable scene in an otherwise already average film... I'm just disgusted.

So, yeah, apart from her ghastly acting, this is an ok movie made watchable by Gary Oldman's amazing presence.

Air Force One, the 1997 summer hit directed by Wolfgang Petersen (The Boat/Das Boot, In The Line of Fire) and starring Harrison Ford as President James Marshall, stretches the term "willing suspension of disbelief" to its limits, yet, incredibly, it works.

Co-starring Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Liesel Matthews, William H. Macy, and Dean Stockwell, Air Force One's premise is simple: Russian ultra-Communist terrorists take over the President's plane on its way back to the U.S. from Moscow. Marshall, who by happenstance is separated from his family and staff during the takeover, must use his military training (he's a former Air Force pilot) and his wits to regain control of Air Force One and rescue the hostages before the terrorists achieve their aims.

The terrorists, led by Ivan Korshunov (Oldman), are seeking the immediate release of General Alexander Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), who was snatched from his palace in Kazakhstan by a joint team of Russian and American Special Forces. Radek and his followers believe in the restoration of the old Soviet Union, and until both Russia and the U.S. intervened, had ruled Kazakhstan with as much regard for human life as the Taliban exhibited when they ruled Afghanistan. After a ceremony hosted by the grateful Russian President in which Marshall warns rogue nations and terrorists that "we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid," the American delegation heads to one of Moscow's main airports to board the Presidential plane.

Little do they know that Korshunov and his team, using falsified press credentials, have passed through both Russian and American security and are aboard. Ironically, they are given a tour of Air Force One by the unsuspecting assistant press secretary, Melanie Mitchell (Donna Bullock). And why not? To the Secret Service agents and the Air Force Security detachment, Korshunov and his people are reporters, harmless and unarmed. So how in the world are these guys going to storm Air Force One, "the most secure aircraft in the world?" Hmmm....and why do Korshunov and Secret Service agent Gibbs (Xander Berkeley) exchange that glance as they pass each other, eh?

Petersen and screenwriter Andrew W. Marlowe never do explain Gibbs' motivations for his subsequent actions (as the director admits in the audio commentary track), but by the time audiences start asking those "real life" questions about plausibility, the sheer adrenaline rush provided by this action-packed film suppresses the "yeah, right" response to its premise. The Air Force (which willingly participated in the production of this film) says there is no escape pod in Air Force One's list of defensive measures, and viewers know that no sane person, whether terrorist or not, is going to fire automatic weapons inside an airborne plane unless he or she knew the mission was going to fail anyway.

Mixed in with the gunfire and explosions that punctuate the film, Petersen and Marlowe endow their characters with depth and believability. Petersen makes viewers care about each person being held hostage, warts and all, so that when one is lost, it feels real. Even Korshunov is played in such way that his motivations feel true and heartfelt, even if his cause is not just.

Yet Petersen and his cast and crew make audiences forget these dull real life facts. By the time the credits roll to Jerry Goldsmith's rousing End Title Suite, the viewer will wish the current occupant of the Oval Office were replaced by Harrison Ford's President Marshall, who is not only a man of political integrity but also a man of action.