It's not, but I recommend watching it. There's this moment when Justin Timberlake starts lip synching a Killers song for no real reason when I thought "Holy shit. This film is so crazy that I think it actually works" then it goes back to being a nonsense mishmash of terrible characters, plot, dialogue, acting, and directing.

Each of the actors are capable of putting out adequate performances, but they are clearly given directions like "uhh, just shout like you did in The Princess Bride" and "Dwayne, do the same thing but more bug-eyed and tap your fingers together as if each hand thinks the other one is a flute... YEAH! Perfect!"

It's such a collosal failure on all levels.

It has Sean William Scott. That tells you that it is impossible for it to be a good film. The last line is worth two stars.

I agree with biclops. This film is a big mess. It has no center to it, unlike Darko, which had a complicated main character thrust into an impossible scenario. This film is a plethora of characters bouncing off each other, with a few gems (like stunt-casting John Lovitz as a psycho LAPD cop and Timberlake's weirdo musical number).

It's trying to be a satire, but has no idea what it's satirizing. Is is the Patriot Act, environmentalism, science fiction, movies themselves? It has no idea what it's about. I think in some meta-film way, its failures can possibly comment on the failures of big-budget, plot heavy thrillers, but I don't think Kelly understands how commercial entertainment works. It's fun to watch. It's disposable, but still fun. Kelly made a slow, confusing film that doesn't riff off the fun factor of mainstream film. It's like a bad soup with contrasting ingredients, like mustard and chocolate chips.

You may commence mocking my pseudo-intellectual bullshit.

To emphasize: in a film starring Buffy, The Rock, Stiffler, Wallace "INCONCEIVABLE!" Shawn, Bai Ling, Cheri Oteri, Kevin Smith, and Jon Lovitz, the cast was the strongest element.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

nothx

Dude was a pimp.

And pimps don't like shitty movies.

a bullet.

i'm not kidding.