Malodramatic

Who would have thought that Tony Martin, the director of this crass witless "comedy" was once a member of the fabulous D Generation comedy team? To say the plot is threadbare and ill thought out would be an understatement - nothing gels together and apart from a few hackneyed set pieces, this film reeks of desperation. Boys, you might get a few cheap laughs from the easily pleased, but for those people with a modicum of understanding of humour and screenplay development, this is a shoddy pitiful attempt at a comedy.

Swordfish Recipe

1. Take one director (Dominic Sena)who is more interested in stylish representations and loud explosions than character development or script refinement

2. Throw in an a-list star (Travolta) with a shaky recent track record in bad need of another success

3. Place some seductive eye candy (Berry) into as many scenes as possible to deflect the viewer from noticing plot holes the size of the Grand Canyon

4. Carefully stir these and all other ingredients until the inevitable cacophanous dolby sound and smoke affects assauge what is left of your senses

5. Serve with an obvious twist garnish leaving the way open for the recipe to be followed identically again for a sequel

Bon Appetit!

Once again we are subjected to yet another piece of rewritten history, especially in order to make American history more noble at the expense of other nations. What disturbs me so much about this unpleasant film is the use of unnecessary violence in terms of incidents which did not historically take place. It is one long piece of cartoon characterisation of the English to make them more "evil" thus justifying the revengeful violence.

Gibson got away with rewriting history in Braveheart but with a better script than this tripe and with less manipulation of the facts was able to achieve just praise. However, this is a classic example of how not to make an historical film.