It shouldn't have bombed, it was a great movie, lots of action, funny lines and it even had a good plot.
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camruud — 17 years ago(April 21, 2008 04:23 PM)
Did this one really do it bad at the box office? I remember when I was 12, and this one hit the theatres in Norway, this movie was on every actionfans lips. Unfortunately, it was rated 18 in Norway so I had to wait for the video. But I remember this one being amongst the cream de la cream of actionfilms at that time Still love it.
As for Harlin, he have'nt made anything good since this one and Cutthroat, but his older flicks like Cliffhanger, Die hard 2, Prison and ANOES4: The Dream Master are good quality-time substitutes -
byteblock2000 — 17 years ago(July 06, 2008 10:00 AM)
Wow. I'm surprised
I thought this film was a huge success. I remember renting it many times back in '96-'97 (when it was released on video here in Norway). It's one of those films I remember clearly as if I saw it yesterday. I think it's been a decade since I last saw it. -
jajjjc — 17 years ago(October 05, 2008 12:03 PM)
Well the film made a decent amount of money overseas for it became somewhat profitable, plus it has a cult audience at the Home Video section.
Anway, this and "Jingle All The Way" are the two films I always watch around Christmas time. Cliche and cheesy as hell, but man its a lot of fun to watch.
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caffeinelake1 — 17 years ago(March 12, 2009 12:17 AM)
It tanked because it's too real and because it reads like a PNAC manual. Paul Wolfowitz probably consulted on it to provide the intimate details on the references to simulated waterboarding.
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scribe_ninja — 17 years ago(March 17, 2009 04:16 AM)
It was good but the most annoying scene for me was when she miraculously put on her ice skates under seconds
I hated that scene! So unrealistic.
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Iam006 — 16 years ago(December 26, 2009 07:17 PM)
I bet people are running back to this movie in droves now given the fact that Hollywood just wants to remake things or do comic book movies.
Whether this movie is 100 percent original or not is beside the point. It's original enough that it's a good amount of fun. It doesn't change the world, but it's FUN. Plus, Renny 'I love BOOM!' Harlin has always made fun, silly, comic booky style action films without adapting an actual comic book. Doesn't that deserve a little bit of praise? -
Kuato_and_George — 14 years ago(June 17, 2011 12:42 PM)
It has a pretty decent rating on Rotten Tomatoes (71%), so something tells me that has has gotten a little more love over the years. I don't know why it bombed though, I thought it was a fantastic action film.
It knew what it was. It was balls to the wall action and had some hilarious dilogue.
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residentevil6901 — 12 years ago(March 17, 2014 09:50 PM)
Lol I can't believe this has 8 pages of discussion. Kind of cool. I love this movie and would choose to watch it over so many movies that have won best picture of the last 40 years. It is what it is, an action movie that is far fetched and totally outrageous. So many action movies are like that and some make a lot of money and some don't. This is one that I watch a few times a year since it came out. Totally mindless fun for me. At least it helps me forget about all the idiots I deal with daily for a few hours.
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p_chamney-534-910364 — 11 years ago(November 05, 2014 11:38 PM)
I get a huge kick out of this film. I saw it three times on the big screen - that's very atypical for me. Naturally, I own it on DVD. Geena Davis & Samuel L. Jackson, though both excellent here, had uneven film histories at the time TLKG was released, & that probably affected the box office. I don't recall what the competition in theaters was at the time, but that may also have been a factor. Lastly, it seemed to me that this movie could have been better-promoted. I may be wrong about that - I don't quite trust my memory about it, but it was my impression, when it came out.
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Brian-155 — 11 years ago(August 29, 2014 12:31 AM)
Because it came from husband/wife team Geena Davis and Renny Harlin the year after they made Cutthroat Island. That movie was horrible, and one of the biggest bombs of the decade. So when this came out a year later, there was no audience trust there and the movie suffered unnecessarily as a result. If this film had been released before Cutthroat Island, it would have performed much, much differently at the box office.