...a somewhat sluggish thriller that never becomes quite as engrossing or enthralling as one might’ve hoped...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 10, 2023

...what's truly surprising is that this terrific cast was assembled to deliver such a crazy message...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2021

| Original Score: D | Sep 7, 2011

Corpses pile up, dreadful secrets are uncovered, and Bishop eventually gets to the bottom of things, a full hour after the least attentive viewer will have figured out who's behind it all.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 28, 2009

Bland, interminable chase scenes take up so much of the story -- the hackneyed plot doesn't need much exposition -- that the sheer repetitiveness begins to amaze you.

| Jul 28, 2009

Sadly, Sheen doesn't even look profound. Like a zombie who's spent too much time in the gym, he blunders heavily from one stunt to the next, his pursed lips conveying nothing more than pique.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 13, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 29, 2005

The climactic assassination attempt... is so ridiculous there's only one real danger: that the president (and the audience) will laugh to death.

Full Review | Apr 29, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 13, 2004

The story's driven completely by coincidence and baffling lunacy, and you'll be driven... to press eject on your VCR.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 5, 2004

Ridiculous.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/10 | May 11, 2004

The film is so contemptuous of its audience it doesn't even bother to present a surface resemblance to reality.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 20, 2003

The whole thing is so vague and preposterous and paranoid that it almost goes without saying that Donald Sutherland plays a key role.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Oct 15, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 25, 2002

Sheen is a handsome and resourceful actor, but not enough so to win in this conspiracy of shadows over substance.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 5, 2002

When Charlie Sheen and Donald Sutherland appear in any movie, you should be wary. Their contracts seem to demand nothing but corny formula.

| Jan 22, 2002

Is it just me or is Charlie Sheen the kiss of death for anything other than Hot Shots?

| Jan 1, 2000

If you can't figure out all of the bad guys within the first ten minutes of the film, then you have not been getting your daily adult requirement of mysteries.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Donald Sutherland plays Sheen's enigmatic mentor at the White House. Do you think he could have something to with the conspiracy? Sutherland as a bad guy? You think?

| Original Score: 0/4 | Jan 1, 2000