The Plot... A bus full of government secrets has been hijacked by a good guy gone bad (John Lithgow). With the aid of a private computer hacker, the CIA hopes to reclaim the pilfered technologies and get them back to their rightful owner. The NCRP, with the help of Austin Benchwreck (Denzel Washington), must ski through the Swiss Alps to return the borrowed thermo-nuclear explosives in a timely manner to the Japanese government. As if this wasn't enough, he has a smidge less than 5 weeks to do it. With the assistance of a crochety weapons specialist (Jon Voight), our heroes must skateboard through the rain forest to deliver the hijacked government secrets safely to the American military. All this worsens as he figures out that his sister in-law (Nicole Kidman) has been working with the the bad guys. Also we have the loveable 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." It won't be easy because a cop with a vendetta (Lawrence Fishburne) has information concerning his sordid past. Just as our hero are marching off on their perlious journey, they suddenly all burst into a sing-along of September '63 much to the chagrin of PETA . In a stunning climax the President fumbles through a speech to the citizens of the world. As this dramatic grandstanding happens he says: " Drop the bombs, Commander." A CIA weapons specialist watching a TV in a store window answers this with: "I pray to God he's right." Coming next winter. Rated R Running time 186 minutes Directed by: Michael Bay Projected Critic Rating:

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