Firewall
A good tagline for Firewall could have been: "Here we go again." Harrison Ford plays an ordinary guy faced with extraordinary circumstances, turns the tables on his clichéd tormentor and rescues his family from the clutches of evil by using his wits and looking deep within himself for the courage and brawn he never knew he had. Sound like any movies you know? At least Air Force One had the dignity of the Presidency at stake and a veteran action director at the helm (Wolfgang Petersen). Richard Loncraine has an episode of Band of Brothers under his belt, and that's about it. Ford's other family rescue films (Frantic and Patriot Games) also had better directors (Polanski and Noyce) and, more importantly, better scripts that go easier on the clichés. The only thing to recommend in Firewall is the final fight scene—proof that Ford can still handle action scenes in advance of next summer's return of Indiana Jones. Yes, Ford can still carry these productions; but the question is, should he?
- July 2, 2007
DVD Details/Extras
Anamorphic widescreen 2.40:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; a halfway entertaining conversation between Ford and Loncraine about making Firewall and movies in general; a featurette about "writing a thriller," which might have been good if Joe Forte's script was actually thrilling; theatrical trailer.