{"id":3563,"date":"2010-05-21T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T08:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2011-06-15T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T10:00:35","slug":"firewall-starring-harrison-ford-virginia-madsen-and-paul-bettany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/firewall-starring-harrison-ford-virginia-madsen-and-paul-bettany\/","title":{"rendered":"Firewall starring Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen and Paul Bettany"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Firewall<\/a>
Firewall starring Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen and Paul Bettany. Image from: http:\/\/imagecache2.allposters.com\/images\/HPO\/firewall.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Consider yourselves warned. This movie will not surprise you. You will get the ending you always do. That being said, it is just not a bad movie.<\/p>\n

After a movie, I usually cruise through IMDB boards and check out what the other folks are saying. It\u2019s quite amusing. No matter what the movie, you will find people that had a good time, that hated it and that just don\u2019t really care. Some people think Harrison Ford should stop acting (in action films).\u00a0 Because he is too old. Yeah, I know. People would love to manage actors\u2019 careers\u2026<\/p>\n

OK. Enough with the gossip and the sarcasm. I did warn you that this is a predictable movie. But it doesn\u2019t change the fact that it\u2019s entertaining:<\/p>\n

Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford<\/a>) is a happily married man with 2 kids, aged 8 and 14. His wife (Virginia Madsen) is a beautiful architect and the marriage is great. His only problem is the merger his bank is going through but it is nothing he can\u2019t handle. His life gets very difficult and complicated, however, when his best friend Harry (Robert Forster) introduces him to a businessman (Paul Bettany). Jack is a security specialist working at the large bank. The \u201cbusinessman\u201d makes him an offer and as Jack leaves to get home, he finds the businessman in his car. His name is Cox, he wants $100,000,000 from the bank. He also has taken his family hostage. From then on, it is a matter of life and death. Jack tries to outsmart Cox, and every time he fails, Cox proves that he is not kidding. So Jack needs to rob the bank he is protecting \u2013 and this robbery is a lot more technological and a lot less physical than the robberies we are used to\u2026<\/p>\n

It is not a masterpiece. It doesn\u2019t have surprises. Still, I liked watching Jack finding a way to pull the stunts off. I had fun. The fun isn\u2019t in trying to figure out whether Harrison will save his family. It\u2019s in more how psycho the villain can get and how Jack can steal that much money, cover Cox\u2019s track. And let\u2019s face it, Bettany makes a fine villain. You might recgonize Jack’s secretary Janet (Mary Lynn Rajskub) as she has helped out Jack Bauer more than once in the series 24.<\/p>\n

And why would people think Harrison is too old for this role is beyond me. It is not like he is playing Clive Owen\u2019s part in Shoot Them Up or Gerard Butler\u2019s in 300! He is trapped, he needs to save three members of his family. Anyone\u2019s adrenaline would be pumped up. Watch it if you enjoy a typical thriller\/action and like Bettany and Ford. By the way, remind me, did Harrison Ford ever play a villain?<\/p>\n

5.8 on IMDB. I\u2019ll give it a 6.Let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

P.S. I read that Harrison Ford declined to play in Schindler\u2019s List,<\/a> claiming his stardom would get in the way of the message of the movie. I am glad Liam Neeson has the title role but what do you think about Harrsion\u2019s remark? Do you think he is right? Or just cocky?<\/p>\n

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