Firewall
DVD released 2006
Running Time 105 minutes
Seemed like 130
**** out of 7 stars

Can Harrison Ford really be that old? He limps around and huffs and puffs in this movie to the point that you could never believe he flew in a galaxy far far away. He had this scared befuddled look throughout most of the movie. Granted, if I were in the circumstances he was in in this movie, I'd look scared as well. But HF was never in control until the end of the movie, it's just not like him.

This is another elaborate bank robbery scheme where the viewer tries to guess how it is going to work, combined with the thrill of holding a man's family hostage. The only problem is I never got a chance to care how the robbery would unfold because I was so involved with attempted escapes of the family from the bad guys. When the movie finally got around to the mechanics of the robbery, I was too bored to care. There are lots of bad action scenes with the aged HF getting knocked around, and lots of "tense" driving scenes. They weren't really driving fast or running stop signs, we were just supposed to feel tense because of the general theme of the movie.

THere were no memorable parts, no memorable lines, and no memorable shots. Give this one a C- and watch it if there's nothing better around.