Yet he's sidetracked when a former supposed acquaintance from his CIA days, Nick (DANE COOK), tracks him down in France needing his help. An annoyingly bumbling man, Nick is working for a wealthy American executive who's sent him with a ransom of two million dollars to retrieve his kidnaped daughter, Claire (NATALIA CIGLIUTI).
The only problem is, Claire doesn't know she's been abducted since she hasn't, and the content of the executive's briefcase turns out to be a CD-ROM containing secret military code instead of the money. Of course, all of this peaks Simon's interest, especially when all old associate of his, known as The Dancer (EMMA SJOBERG) shows up with an inclination to inflict some martial arts damage on him.
Things then become more complicated when it turns out that Claire is dating Michael (FILIP NICOLIC), the charming and muscle-bound son of Bernard (HENRI COURSEAUX), who just so happens to work for Ashton. As Simon digs deeper through the facts, he must not only try to nab Ashton while dealing with his resident thug, XIN-XIN (XIN-XIN XIONG)and The Dancer, but must also make sure that no harm comes to Claire.
Some of that fighting may prove to be of imitative fodder for some kids, as might Dennis Rodman's appearance (nose rings, tattoos, dyed hair, etc...). He and a woman have a sexual encounter in the film, but a great deal of it's obscured by a strobe-light effect that prevents the audience from seeing exactly what's occurring (although it appears that no nudity or graphic movement is present). Beyond that, plenty of women in skimpy bikinis are present, and a man humps a sofa while having an erotic dream (we only see him and not the dream).
Profanity consists of at least 19 "s" words, along with other profanities and some colorful phrases. Beyond that and some brief drinking and smoking, the rest of the film's remaining categories have little or nothing in the way of major objectionable material. As always, however, should you still be concerned with the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home, we suggest that you take a closer look at the detailed content listings.
Of special note for those concerned with bright, repetitive flashing of lights, a sex scene between two characters takes place with a strong strobe-like effect, thus causing intense, on-screen flashing of bright lights.
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(1999) (Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Mild
Extreme
Mild
Extreme
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Heavy
Minor
Moderate
None
Moderate
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Minor
Minor
Mild
Extreme
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(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
Reviewed September 24, 1999 / Posted September 25, 1999
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