Movie Information
Overall Rank: 15120
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 28
Theatrical Release Date: 03/12/2004
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Mamet
Actors: Tia Texada, Derek Luke, Val Kilmer, Jeremie Campbell, Bob Jennings, Lionel Mark Smith
Plot: The kidnapping of a college student into an international prostitution ring garnishes the attention of the Secret Service, FBI, CIA, and Black Ops. As the press reports the President's daughter did not report to her classes the groups scramble to find her before the situations can be linked. -- CJP
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Rating of
1.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 10/22/2022
The set-up is interesting and Val Kilmer is not slouching, but the movie is just kind of boring when it's not confusing. Weird seeing Kristen Bell in this.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2/4
60%
CJP - wrote on 10/04/2008
Action: 2/3 + Comedy: 0/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 0.5/1 + Special Effects: 0.5/1 + Plot: 1/1 + Music: 1/1 = 6/10 or 60%.
For it's release in 2004 the President's daughter, a young Veronica Mars, is obviously a culmination of the Bush Twin's drunken escapades, while the President is modeled after a careless and sex happy Bill Clinton, which worked more effectively at the height of SNL parodies of those individuals. Regardless, this is one of Mamet's more clever and layered scripts initially. Veteran actors fall out of the wood works and offer strong cameo performances. The unique atmosphere of the top layered government officals is incredibly intriguing initially as well.
As the film progresses it begins to unravel uneccessarily though. Val Kilmer's Jack Bauer type badass …
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