Brendan Fraser should avoid playing the bad guy. Maybe avoid drama altogether and still to comedies, animated movies and children's movies. His portrayal of a badass villain is so bad it's laughable - you'd think it was a parody of a villain. His performance is so bad it goes past good and back to bad again.
However, Fraser does not single-handedly ruin the movie, though his performance was capable of doing that. The plot is wafer-thin too. Tries too hard to be gritty and instead ends up a random, gratuitous- violence filled mess. Just seems to drift along haphazardly with no point at all.
Mos Def's performance is one of the few positive aspects of the movie. Quite convincing.
Scott Glenn is pretty solid in his role too.
Other plus is that the movie is reasonably short...
However, Fraser does not single-handedly ruin the movie, though his performance was capable of doing that. The plot is wafer-thin too. Tries too hard to be gritty and instead ends up a random, gratuitous- violence filled mess. Just seems to drift along haphazardly with no point at all.
Mos Def's performance is one of the few positive aspects of the movie. Quite convincing.
Scott Glenn is pretty solid in his role too.
Other plus is that the movie is reasonably short...