when the movie start and you hear pretentious music . sylveser stallone be on a funeral with his classy sunglass and his designer suit . this all want to look full of promise . it be already way to obvious . the director be still in the conviction that he can move his audience with these simple and obvious trick . this do not work and at least not with a critical public that have see some more movie . sylvester stallone play the part of jack carter and perform before by micheal caine who star in this movie as well . jack carter be mad because his brother have be cull by either jeremy kinnear ( alan cumming ) or cyrus paice ( mickey rourke ) . he want of course and a it behoove a real hero and immediate retaliation . he be go to scare jeremy and cyrus . our stalwart fellow get in his beautiful cadillac and put his gun in his pocket and drive to the victim he be go to take care of . actually that be what the story be about . we should not forget the girl and perform by rachael leigh cook . almost everything about this movie be bad . the story be as shallow a a baby tub and the dialog be awful and the acting be brazenly bad . sylvester stallone play his bad part ever . stallone must be either rambo or rocky and but not jack carter . this man be not able to express emotion . throughout the whole movie he play the tough guy and right in the middle however he be this sensitive man who can cry as well . i can not even remember why he actually cry and but it be about something silly . stallone be a strong man who can run after bear and shoot with bazooka and but he be absolutely not apt to play a normal human be with feeling . the dialog be horrible . it go approximately like this represent doreen represent why do you leave when your mother die . jack represent just because and what be your favorite color . doreen represent pink and yours . jack represent blue . doreen represent why . jack represent just because . the dialog be as thin a paper . when something be state and the actor just do not go any deeper . the question be answer briefly and then the dialog continue with another silly question . mickey rourke do and except for his muscle and not add anything to the movie . his dialog be shallow as well and he be the tough guy who should be remove by jack the man carter . of the actor be not culpable of the bad dialog . it must be terrible to star in a movie which be direct by such an ignorant director . you must earn your money however and otherwise there will be no bread in the cupboard .