The Plot... A cargo donkey train full of nuclear warheads has been pilfered by a lunatic (Gene Hackman). With the assistance of a private weapons expert, the PMRC hopes to reclaim the stolen goods and return them to their rightful owner. The FBI, with the help of Nicholas Speedgood (Ed Begely, Jr.), must motorbike through the Sahara Desert to return the stolen nuclear warheads in a timely manner to the English military. As if it wasn't hard enough, he has only 5 hours to do it. With the help of a leather-faced marine (Jon Voight), our hero must jet ski through the New Jersy Turnpike to return the borrowed thermo-nuclear explosives safely to the English government. All this turns sour as he realises that his common law wife (Nicole Kidman) has been kidnapped by the the villain. Also we have the madcap slapstick of a smart alec soul brother (Dave Chapelle) who when kidnapped by the the bad guys says: "Wassup my niggas?" It will prove difficult because an old rival with a score to settle (Lawrence Fishburne) has secrets pertaining to his lackluster life of crime. Just as the good guys are leaving on their dangerous journey, they suddenly join in on a sing-along of Werewolves of London much to the dismay of NASA . In the eleventh hour the President recites a speech to the peoples of the world. As this moment of truth happens he says: "Here we stand, at the dawn of a new tomorrow. Mankind will survive. Mankind MUST survive!" A NASA computer hacker watching a TV in a store window answers this with: "He better be right... for our sake." Coming next summer. This film is not yet rated. Running time 116 minutes Directed by: Michael Bay Projected Critic Rating:

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