Starring: Sean Connery, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ving Rhames
Running Time: 1h 50min
First off, the chemistry between Connery and Zeta-Jones is made instantly real by the way it's played. Zeta-Jones is irresistible in that old fashioned, truly beautiful movie star sort of way, radiating with every scene. Connery is as dashing as any leading man could get, including those half his age. So the film does work that way. As a suspense piece it does work, due to a pro-active cure to traileritis. Finally, a studio has used a trailer to set up audience preconceptions to add to the film's mysteries. Unfortunately, the film doesn't work on its action scenes. Too much ballet from Zeta-Jones, not enough from supporting player Rhames, and only a minimum of true audience engagement makes this one just above average.
Grade: B-
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