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Firewall
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Harrison Ford,
Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn
Rajskub, Robert Patrick |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Warner Bros. |
| Web Site: |
www.firewallmovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
They'd probably be
bored. |
| Date Movie: |
It's good for the
both of you. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
There's some
killing of people. |
| Action: |
There's some care
chasing. |
| Laughs: |
A couple of lines
or two. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
I'll just say
this: "You dumb-ass kid, read the damn cookie label
yourself." |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing as good as
"Get off my plane!" |
| Directed By: |
Richard Loncraine |
| Produced By: |
Armyan Bernstein, Jon Shestack, Basil Iwanyk |
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Firewall
A Movie Review |
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Sure, he’s a little bit older, but he’s also a little bit
wiser, and now he’s in charge of the computer security for a
regional bank in the Seattle area. He’s Harrison Ford,
I mean Jack Stanfield, and the simple advice to would be
thieves – don’t mess with his family. He might be a little
bit older, but he can still kick some ass, and loves his
dog.
"Firewall" gives us Harrison Ford as Jack. He’s been
protecting the assets of you and me and the bank for years,
adapting to new technology as if he was just out of college.
He’s got a hot wife, Beth (Virginia Madsen). She’s an
architect and shows that even older men with graying hair
can score a good looking wife. He’s also got a couple of
kids, which make him happy, but his bank might merge with
this bigger conglomerate, and this doesn’t really make him
happy. His buddy, Harry (Robert Forster) has been
approached by Bill (Paul Bettany), about maybe going out on
their own setting up computer systems to safeguard all of
our monies. Harry’s up for it, Jack’s interested, but then
it turns out Bill isn’t really on the up-and-up. Nope, Bill
has hatched a huge, enormous, please just let it go and let
the movie run with it so it doesn’t ruin the movie for you,
plan to get about a hundred million dollars, and part of
that plan is taking hostage Jack’s wife and kids, while
letting Jack figure out a way to get him the money.
But Jack’s not a dumb dude, he keeps trying to get his
family free, much to the chagrin of Bill, and finally, Jack
pretty much realizes that Bill will probably kill his family
in the end anyway. So, yea, Jack hatches a plan to protect
his family, screw over Bill and his cronies, and he’s just
lucky the bad dudes don’t kill the family dog.
Look, "Firewall" isn’t the greatest movie in the world.
You can probably guess that from the trailer. And "Firewall"
won’t be breaking any new ground, and you can probably guess
that from the trailer as well. But "Firewall" is a nice
escape in the movie theater, especially if you saw the movie
"Air Force One" and loved it when Harrison Ford’s character
gruntingly ordered "Get off my plane!" Instead of his
plane, Jack wants his family back and will do what is
necessary to get them, and you can guess, that doesn’t bode
well for the bad dudes.
I suppose I won’t go too much into this review more than
that, because I think you can know what to expect. Virginia
Madsen does a good job as the wife/mother, the kids aren’t
too annoying, and Harrison Ford is, well, Harrison Ford,
doing the things we like him to do. He’s a loving father,
sort of, does a good job at his job, and will do whatever he
has to do in order to protect the one’s he loves. Sometimes
that all that I ask, and that gives the film 3 stars out of
5. Catch a matinee if you can, but it’s definitely worth the
DVD rental.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
