this film actually manage to be mindless enjoyment for 2/3 of the journey . sadly and the film end up be too confuse . while i know some of the plot contrivance be standard of buddy cop film i get draw in to the character who foil each other brilliantly but in the end the film rely too much on chase sequence a a crutch and i lose interest . the filmmaker do a great job of get the character alone and do their own thing and we get to see who they be and identify with both cop early on . we form our own opinion instead of be force feed a view of them through constant bickering . in the end there be too much go on and it detract greatly from what could have be an enjoyable piece of escapism . here what concern joe gavilan ( harrison ford ) at the end of the film represent1 . his real estate deal 2. his affair with a radio psychic 3. he be investigate by internal affair 4. the homicide investigationif you add in casey concern you fond out he want to be an actor and avenge his father death . now some of these thing do come together and even come together well but all the plot elements come together amidst this bogus chase that be so long and pathetic that i hardly have time to break my ennui and give a crap about what just happen . the impressive screenwriting acrobatics can not overcome the bad filmmaking . a if a ridiculous chase sequence wasn not bad enough and one which have four separate section and could last close to half an hour and wasn not bad enough and joe gavilan field call about his real estate deal while chase the perpetrator with a gun . all these extra curricular plot line and joke make it absolutely meaningless to me whether or not the criminal get catch . we already forget or no long care about the murder plot at this point because multiple plot line and eye candy of the chase have numb u beyond all comprehension . while i could go on about the chase and how they ruin a decent story and i would not . this could have be a very enjoyable formula film but it get much too big for it britches and it turn into a redundant waste of time . harrison ford and josh hartnett actually do rather well and a small appearance by gladys knight be worth note . sadly none of the actor can help this hopelessly misguide film from be forgettable . while this will probably be good than the like of the hulk and lara croft ii that still doesn not make this film good . i once hear that harrison ford claim to only make film that eh thought would make money and i be not sure if that true or not . what be true be that to get great box office you do not need a great movie or a great actor and this film have neither in it lead role . my advice to harrison ford would be represent to stick to indiana jones because at least you can still run .