The michaels... caine and katon. Both amazing. Raikes (keaton) is the head of a large financial company, who wants to find any irregularities before the s.e.c. Does. So when he gets an anonymous tip to shenanigans going on at the site in monaco, raikes goes to check it out. The mob is involved, but we're not sure just who or how. And.... we jump the shark 22 minutes in. Raikes has been set up as the assassin. Film star jake mellows (caine) may or may not be involved. One of the problems is that so many things are just not believable; he wouldn't have picked up the assault rifle. We've all seen enough murder she wrotes and columbos to know that you never pick up a random gun, and you never pull a knife out of someone. Another problem is that there's never really much suspense. Even back in 2003, they could pinpoint a cell phone quickly. And raike's hiding places were so lame... the coppers would have to be pretty blind not to see him. Some less than optimal directing. This could have been a top notch production, but many short cuts were taken. It has some blood and guts, some cussing. Directed by john mackenzie. Only made one more after this. He was already in his mid seventies.
