The Plot... A cargo plane loaded with government secrets has been pilfered by a former U.S. General (Anthony Quinn). With the assistance of a contracted explosives specialist, the CIA hopes to reclaim the borrowed technologies and get them back to their owner. The PMRC, with the assistance of Nicholas Cartspeed (George Clooney), must ski through the Sahara Desert to deliver the pilfered thermo-nuclear explosives promptly to the English government. As if it wasn't hard enough, he has a smidge less than 5 minutes to do it. With the assistance of a crochety veteran (Jon Voight), our hero must skateboard through the jungle to return the pilfered thermo-nuclear explosives safely to the Icelandic people. The situation turns sour as he figures out that his brother's girlfriend (Catherine Zeta-Jones) has been working for the evildoers. Added to the mix there is the madcap slapstick of a sass-talking black man (Dave Chapelle) who when held prisoner by the the villain says: "When I get outta here, I'm gonna kick yo WHITE ASS!" It will prove difficult seeing that an old rival with a score to settle (Ray Liotta) has information concerning his sordid past. Just as the good guy are setting out on their perlious mission, they slowly all burst into a sing-along of Love that Dirty Water much to the disappointment of the PMRC . At the final moment the President fumbles through a speech to the citizens of the world. As this dramatic grandstanding happens he says: "This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make. Mankind will survive. Mankind MUST survive!" A CIA weapons expert watching a TV in a store window replies: "He better be right... for our sake." Coming next spring. Rated PG-13 Running time 242 minutes Directed by: Ridley Scott Projected Critic Rating:

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