i laugh twice watch this movie and in case you be wonder and i wasn not have a bad day nor be i subject to anything else that would have skew my opinion while watch this cinematic bowel movement . this movie be bad . i want to enjoy it and i just couldn not . with all of this talent and you would think this would have be at least watchable and right . wrong . let play suck and didn not suck . john travolta very likable . though obviously bury under too much makeup and i find him to be enjoyable to watch . didn not suck . uma thurman after kill bill 1 and 2 and the girl deserve more than this atrociously write character . this character big moment be show someone how to operate a t mobile sidekick . suck . vince vaughn the do to death role of white guy who think he black go to vince money vaughn . be this character template still consider to be funny . i love the guy but i want to see him in something good than this . it felt like he be slum . suck . cedric the entertainer this guy be good . he deliver a great monologue after be call a racial slur ( you can probably guess a to what it be ) that be probably the best part of the movie . he be funny and truly elevate the material he be give just with his presence . didn not suck . harvey keitel suck due to a phone in performance . james wood suck but not his fault . actually and yes it be . remind me of his role in casino for some reason . i do not like manic james wood and i like slow burn james wood . victim of bad writing and maybe . andre 3000 suck but he go down swing . i think he have potential and as long a he not be direct by a hack on his next picture . christina milian she absolutely beautiful and obviously talented but this movie isn not go to make her a star . didn not suck but need a good vehicle for her talent that isn not direct by a hack . the rock this should have be the role that catapult him to movie stardom but a direct by f. gary gray and wind up sadly mishandle . in this movie and the rock project this charisma that make him so likable that i wind up feeling sorry for him . he try really hard and while he doesn not succeed completely and he get an a plus for effort from me . this guy be not afraid to embarrass himself and go completely against type and play a gay bodyguard with his eye on stardom . i really want to see him make it big . he have what it take as long a he not be direct by a hack . which bring me to what i feel be the weak link in this production . i might as well just come out and say it and right . f. gary gray direction be about as solid a really bad diarrhea . wow and it be bad . who have the bright idea of let this guy direct . the negotiator be good but what else on his resume convince people that he be the man for the job . between his direction and the atrocious writing and i be willing to chip in for both culprit to get a nice lead salad to the knee . wan na see john and uma dance . i might be able to think of another movie with those two that i could recommend watch instead of this . not worth the ten dollar and fifty cent it cost me to get into the theater . this movie could have be okay and it wasn not even just okay . rating represent out of . p. s. fergie from black eye pea be noteworthy to mention . sizzling .