Firstly, the good: Cusack and Jane were excellent in this. Natural and witty. The premise is good, and the movie just about keeps you watching (though you're not sure why, it's probably the interaction between Cusack and Jane).
The bad: Most of the other actors are awful. With the exception of the little girl (daughter), the lady staff-member (who 'loves' Jane), the old crazy lady and the crooked cop.... most others seem to be total amateurs (or not even actors but friends roped in).
There is one good car chase sequence... the rest are crap (not that there are many). With the bikies is an especially stupid sequence. No amount of camera angles can save it.... hardly any tension or crashes at all... I guess they couldn't afford stunts.
The script. Just. Not. Very. Good. Thank God Cusack and Jane were such good actors and so witty (probably mostly ad-lib), otherwise you wouldn't want to watch much of this. As it is, they are the reason I watched this to the end.
The film just seems like a b-grade movie which they tried to make into a decent one with two great actors, but not even Cusack and Jane could rescue this.
The bad: Most of the other actors are awful. With the exception of the little girl (daughter), the lady staff-member (who 'loves' Jane), the old crazy lady and the crooked cop.... most others seem to be total amateurs (or not even actors but friends roped in).
There is one good car chase sequence... the rest are crap (not that there are many). With the bikies is an especially stupid sequence. No amount of camera angles can save it.... hardly any tension or crashes at all... I guess they couldn't afford stunts.
The script. Just. Not. Very. Good. Thank God Cusack and Jane were such good actors and so witty (probably mostly ad-lib), otherwise you wouldn't want to watch much of this. As it is, they are the reason I watched this to the end.
The film just seems like a b-grade movie which they tried to make into a decent one with two great actors, but not even Cusack and Jane could rescue this.