take a gray haired harrison ford and place him in a business suit and then have him fight someone conveniently wear all black and and you would swear you be watch any number of movie from the last fifteen year . name ford character jack and and you would think that would narrow it down to a good one . then again you could just be suckered into see firewall which borrow and doesn not add from the ford post jones collection . in a play it safe campaign to show the world that he isn not too old and harrison ford be push into firewall . it be fourteen year since and patriot game and in which ford play a man that seem over the hill then and and here he be today in the same situation . to jog your memory and ford have be make a living playing essentially the same character in similar situation for year and thanks to the aforementioned patriot game and the fugitive and and air force one . firewall and direct by richard loncraine and concern the tale of jack stanfield and play by harrison ford and be force through the method of bill cox ( paul bettany ) and into electronically steal from the bank he keep hacker out of on a daily basis . cox have a bargaining chip and the stanfield family . eventually cox and his team baby sit the hostage and circumvent there own success . jack then hunt them down and and none of this come a a surprise due to the formulaic structure of the picture . some may find firewall a difficult film to dislike because it play all the clichés . it isn not artistic but rather commercial film make . borrowing from every film mention above and it use element from what work and safely combine them in a coherent and yet unexciting manner . the action scene do not come till the end of the picture and and those five minute offer little more than stunt work put on by actor half ford age . this be a vehicle for ford and a the audience we be suppose to subconsciously see this a a practice run at a fourth indiana jones film . with such blatant disregard for a plot and even unique action and you can view this movie a the precursor to indiana jones and the gate community . there be an element that seem realistic and that be the acceptable number of henchman who be employ by the leader . if they be try to steal money and then have less people to divvy up the bounty would result in a great payday . cox have a modest four men work with him . unfortunate for both him and the viewer and their lack of common sense be stagger . for example and the family dog rusty and play a prominent role when the bumbling fool take him hostage . there should be a logical reason for take rusty . with his family already hold captive in an unknown locale while i be sure jack stanfield be ready to walk away from them and start a new life . but wait and rusty be miss too and now i have to comply with their demand . this ultimately destroy the credibility of the screenplay . performance in the film be convince . virginia madsen be good a the relaxed wife consider the situation her character be put through . my favorite role be of paul bettany a a sometimes care villain that flip a mean pancake . despite this and director richard loncraine have craft a film that be best describe a what a computer would spit out if the command be represent thriller . everything function to drive the story on it merry way . lack character nuance and rich emotion and and beautiful scenery be ok for a suspense film about rob a bank . where firewall betray the genre be in not provide twist and originality and or an intriguing story .