s. f. w. the concept be interest the plot once watch be lame and bore a true waste of a casts time and a industry money . once you see it you will soon forget it . stephen dorff and reese witherspoon just waste there time and talent in a really wasted script . with a good more talented screenwriter and a more talent director the movie could have be so much more mabey even some underground cult film . but what happen to a story about 5 people that be be hold hostage in a convenience store for 36 day and and one of them demand from the hostage taker that all tv station should broadcast the entire situation live and turn into a boring little movie with nothing more than a loud soundtrack and really bad over the top acting in a really bad make for tv movie of the week for the big screen . whats funny be that reese witherspoon be bill a a main character and she be on the cover of the dvd box but she be hardly in the movie and and when she be on screen she show what talent she do have and but how much of it be waste . stephen dorff be a great actor and another of the under rat talent in hollywood today who seem to find really bad script that just really under rate his talent and s. f. w. be just another film that be a big mistake on his acting resume . round out the rest of cast that sseem to waste there talent be both jake busey and the very laughable not so talented natasha gregson wagner . one film i be add to my bad film of 1994 list . see it once and if you do not fall asleep and and once the credit roll you will soon forget it .