The Plot... A plane loaded with government secrets has been hijacked by a good guy gone bad (Robert Vaughn). With the assistance of a private weapons hacker, the FBI hopes to reclaim the hijacked computer chips and get them back to their original owner. The ATF, with the assistance of Hubert Goodgood (Nicholas Cage), must motorbike through the Sahara Desert to return the pilfered thermo-nuclear explosives safely to the Icelandic military. And if it wasn't hard enough, he has a smidge less than 6 minutes to do it. With the help of a grizzled veteran (Sean Connery), our hero must motorbike through the jungle to return the pilfered thermo-nuclear explosives safely to the Japanese people. The situation turns sour as he figures out that his high school sweetheart (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been carjacked by the evildoers. Also you see the zany slapstick of a sass-talking black man (Chris Tucker) who when captured by the the bad guys says: "You are some scary ass niggas!" It will prove difficult because a nosy reporter (Lawrence Fishburne) has secrets regarding his messy life of crime. Just as our hero are leaving on their perlious journey, they poorly join in on a sing-along of Hotel California much to the disappointment of the PMRC . In a stunning climax the President delivers a decree to the governments of the world. As this dramatic grandstanding unfolds he says: "Terrorism in all its diabolical forms will not be tolerated. This is the dawn of a new tomorrow." An FBI computer specialist watching a TV in a store window answers this with: "I just hope he's right." Coming this fall. Rated R Running time 245 minutes Directed by: Tony Scott Projected Critic Rating:

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