Man, I couldn't agree with you more. All of his movies are just downright clunkers. He needs a good interpreter of his work. I actually liked Redbelt, but I liked it despite all it's problems.
This movie was just about his worst so far: the dialogue was so contrived and clunky (I know, I get they were supposed to be spooks and secret service and all that; that doesn't excuse a script full of dialogue that consists of cliches, one liners, and non-sequitors couched as "secret codes!" Ooooo! [I get this is secret cant, but all I'm asking is that one of the characters one time say: "Wait, what? Mini-golf? I'm sorry, could you repeat?" If they are all in on it and know what each other is saying, fine, then it's a foreign language, give me some subtitles]); and frankly, the acting didn't help a single of the lines to be bought as genuine (every line that came out of Val Kilmer's mouth felt bulky, uncomfortable, and just over-acted); and the plot was just down right weak: thank god this kid had her personalized sign that she liked to doodle and draw on windows; thank got that sniper laid down his mat right where her earing feel and it got caught up in his mat; thank god there was a human-sized dummy sitting on a bench during a shoot-out where Val Kilmer was pinned down; thank god they waited until the last second to intercept Val Kilmer at the port, even though they had him on GPS surveillance the whole time; thank god that Val Kilmer's character seemed to be the only person on the original security detail that not in on the cover up, and the only person it seemed that the cover up was intended for. This movie was ridiculousness couched in a week script.
-m
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