It wasn't good, nor was it that bad. It had a good sense of eye rollers, yet it didn't seem to go as far up to become a totally unbelievable. (Beverly Hills)
The movie was definitely watchable and I guess that is all you really need in a movie.
I would *beep* agree with you on this, man.
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I thought it was better than mediocre myself. It was also Murphy's last good film.
shareEddie Murphy and Michael Wincott are great in it. The cable car chase is legitimately exciting. If only the rest of the film was as good.
share*Eddie Murphy in mocking British accent* "What do you mean you're going out with Greg on Saturday?"
Far from my favorite Eddie Murphy movie but worth watching at least once for that line alone.
Hit the nail on the head
shareThe major problem I had with it is that it was billed as Eddie Murphy's return to the "action genre", but it was nowhere near on the level of 48 Hours or Another 48 Hours. You're definitely right about it being one of the most mediocre movies I've ever seen.
It was just boring enough not to be entirely memorable, but contained just enough action scenes not to be entirely forgettable.
At least movies like Cobra, Red Heat, and Bird on a Wire had a consistent splash of action scenes/fight scenes sprinkled throughout to keep watchers glued, as well as a memorable sequence or two, such as the big showdown in Bird on a Wire at the end, or the awesome truck chase in Cobra, or that really tense hotel shootout in Red Heat.
As others mentioned, the only memorable thing about Metro was the trolley chase, but they needed to follow that up with a really good fist fight or shootout, something that most action heroes of the time were keen on doing, like Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, or Van Damme. In fact, I think this probably would have been a pretty good Chuck Norris or Steven Seagal film, probably the latter (so long as he didn't have director/producer credit) because I could see it being a cool, gritty cop-thriller in San Francisco where Seagal is breaking people's limbs and shooting people in the head trying to track down Wincott's character. Then again, that's just Out For Justice in San Francisco.