Nick Beam's life couldn't get any worse. He discovers he has been living a lie and is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. S
o when T. Paul, a carjacker, attempts to rob him, it is the last straw for Nick.
With everything to gain and nothing to lose, he kidnaps T. Paul and attempts to put his life back together.....
Martin Lawrence churns these sorts of films out every five minutes, but when this movie was released, he was still riding reasonably high from Bad Boys two years prior.
But casting Robbins in this was a really strange move. He'd just directed Dead Man Walking, and was still fresh from that prison movie (to be fair, the audience this was aimed at, probably had only just seen Shawshank on video when this was released).
And its a really curious movie, not really funny, and it has a really depressing edge to it. Robbins is wonderful in his role, and just looks like he's having a lot of fun, doing this for some release from all the seriousness.
Lawrence though, is really trying too hard, and this was probably one of the last films where his schtick was just about bearable. He's still funny, but every one and again, you really want to slap him.
Its a fun movie, predictable right up until the compulsory Coolio song, but if your a fan of this type of film, it'll suffice.
o when T. Paul, a carjacker, attempts to rob him, it is the last straw for Nick.
With everything to gain and nothing to lose, he kidnaps T. Paul and attempts to put his life back together.....
Martin Lawrence churns these sorts of films out every five minutes, but when this movie was released, he was still riding reasonably high from Bad Boys two years prior.
But casting Robbins in this was a really strange move. He'd just directed Dead Man Walking, and was still fresh from that prison movie (to be fair, the audience this was aimed at, probably had only just seen Shawshank on video when this was released).
And its a really curious movie, not really funny, and it has a really depressing edge to it. Robbins is wonderful in his role, and just looks like he's having a lot of fun, doing this for some release from all the seriousness.
Lawrence though, is really trying too hard, and this was probably one of the last films where his schtick was just about bearable. He's still funny, but every one and again, you really want to slap him.
Its a fun movie, predictable right up until the compulsory Coolio song, but if your a fan of this type of film, it'll suffice.