Armande Assante is the only good thing about this - as usual, his performance is outstanding, and is able to rise above the apparent baaad directing and badly written dialogue tedious predictable clusterfuck that everyone else's rendition of all the nonsense
the woman is especially bad, but they all have this super-forced underlying air of 'OHMYGOD THIS PERSON IS BEHAVING THIS WAY *gaspgasp*!' - it hurts, Nolte especially since he's the focal point, and Hutton is as dry-bland as ever
3.9/10
ballsy, cute, not a.) as heartfelt or sentimental as I think may have serviced it, nor b.) as thoughtful/thought-provoking, but that might be part of the point (a bit of cold detatchment so as to a= not 1.) emotionally manipulate the viewer or 2.) be accused of such and then have the ideas dismissed - and b= not 1.) over-inundate the viewer with overcomplications around/about the issue(s) and not 2.) come off as having any sort of pretension-superiority know-better-than-the-viewer lecturing…
this is so-bad-it's-good fun trash
decent writing, smart directing, with excellent pacing, good bits of situational humor that aren't overplayed or in poor taste, professional level cinematography and score+soundtrack, as well as a few standout sequences
not enough Lois, not a good enough intrigue plot as could have been there with more focus on that and her investigation into it, would have been a lot stronger of a movie
smashing good time
5.9/10
can see that Tim Burton got some ideas from Mars Attacks! from this (and a direct obvious rip too)
I found this to be some of the worst extremely contrived sensationalistically shallow exploitation I've ever seen. She is not given agency nor 'voice' through her weapon or actions, she's not an anti-hero, but a continual victim, mostly of her own fear and incapacity to control her own will, ever, and there is nothing redeeming about it or what it is saying (it's not saying anything) with that, there's no redemption for her being, it's all show for vicarious experience for juvenile-brained director/writer.
degrading chauvinism masking as female empowerment is some of the worst
