the opening credit . and they try and be clever . it doesn not work . our cast represent agent doug carlin be play by denzel washington who seem to be sleep walk thru this movie with the occasional sudden inexplicable deviation of character . val kilmer have not age well a special fbi agent pryzwarra and a thickly jowled pot belly cardboard representation of the one dimensional g man . adam goldberg try ( and really and really fails . i mean . oh boy ) to pull off the super brain heart of gold physic professor denny . paula patton make great eye candy damsel be in distress and flash u a nipple . the rest of the cast . meh . who care . so how be the movie . eh . a 5/10 and that be generous . here be the big problem represent the science be . well . utter crap and inconsistent . why could they only see in the new orleans radius and how exactly do the portable rig work outside of this area . why could a laser pointer go thru the main screen but they need this big as nuclear toaster to send that sheet of paper back . and and oh and the paper be the utter maximum we could send back but we have change out mind and now we can send denzel back but he have to be in his undies cause his shoe would weigh too much . wha . and if you want to emphasize that send the laser bean and sheet of paper and denzil use huge amount of energy and do not use the same aerial view of the city black out all three bloody time . there be no character development in this film . none . nada . zilch . and denzil character have these unprecedented change of emotion and character quirk that make it nearly impossible to relate to him . denzil create mayhem and carnage on the street of new orleans with a trick out hummer ( with enough product placement sticker on it to make the movie endorsement agent shudder uncontrollably with logolistic ecstasy ) with impunity . he prolly kill several dozen innocent by stander and doesn not get as much a a reduction of his expense account . and it bore . tony scott have suck every atom of thrill from the whole sequence . oooh . here come a semi truck and head on . will denzil die . hell no . and the hummer will still be drivable afterward . in the final climax and where the heck do the bad guy get the kelvar vest and automatic weapon and and ammo . he do not have it when he run back onto the ferry . and while be talk about magic gun and and why would navy personnel and on their way to mardi gras and just happen to be wear full combat gear and tot m 15 .