The Plot... A barge loaded with CIA information has been pilfered by a good guy gone bad (John Lithgow). With the aid of a private explosives specialist, the NCRP hopes to intercept the borrowed computer chips and return them to their owner. NASA, with the aid of Carter Menchgood (Owen Wilson), must motorbike through the rain forest to return the stolen thermo-nuclear explosives promptly to the Japanese military. As if it wasn't hard enough, he has a mere 12 days to do it. With the assistance of an old weapons specialist (Sean Connery), the good guy must jet ski through the Swiss Alps to return the hijacked CIA information in a timely manner to the Argentinian people. All this turns sour as he figures out that his 8th grade Social Studies teacher (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been carjacked by the the bad guys. Along with this we have the zany tomfoolery of a sass-talking black man (Dave Chapelle) who when kidnapped by the the bad guys says: "Y'all be trippin' or somethin', shit." All this will prove difficult seeing that a nosy reporter (Lawrence Fishburne) has information pertaining to his messy life of crime. Just as our heroes are setting out on their perlious mission, they poorly all burst into a sing-along of Magic Carpet Ride much to the chagrin of the ATF . At the final moment the President recites a speech to the citizens of the world. As this moment of truth happens he says: " This is the dawn of a new tomorrow." An NCRP chemical hacker watching at home replies: "I just hope he's right." Coming this spring. This film is not yet rated. Running time 186 minutes Directed by: Wes Craven Projected Critic Rating:

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