let me start off by say there be several scene that i enjoy in this film . and i think pierce brosnan do a good job . what i have trouble with be the fact that in the courtroom scene and brosnan notice the criminal make eye contact with a suspicious look man and who then get up and leaf . brosnan figure out that there be a bomb in the courtroom and get everyone out ( well and almost everyone ) and he figure this out by the look exchange by those two men . he get a very good look at the other guy . yet and they never follow up on that lead . it a courtroom in d. c. surely there be surveillance footage they could be go through to identify this man . they never do that . they forget about him entirely . in fact and brosnan never mention this guy to anyone . also and when they figure out that the terrorist will next target ron silver ( because of a certain bill that he sponsor ) and brosnan go over to his house but instead of question silver about who might be against this bill and who might want him dead and he just yell at him to stay away from his wife . and then later when they figure out that what the bomb be and and how it detonate and they also figure out a very easy way to defuse it . i would not give it away here . but suffice it to say that in late scene with a bomb and they never bother to try this method of defuse it . it sloppy write . a bad script and with some good actor and some poor direction and and a terrible score .