Idealistic guy (David Morse) gets mixed up with shady oil company interests in a central american country, is kidnapped by terrorists, and held in a camp while ransom demands are made. Meanwhile his wife, Meg Ryan, hires Russell Crowe firstly to try to negotiate his release, then to bust him out.

Firstly, I really don't know what anyone sees in Russell Crowe (aside from the fact that he is an excellent actor in the right movie, which this one wasn't, not by a long shot)...he's just not that attractive. Sure, he's built, but he always looks faintly perplexed, like he's trying to figure out what's really going on...so anyway, no, this one was kinda dull.

The whole triangle between Crowe and Meg Ryan and David Morse was so obvious and unbelieveable, no romance there. Ryan was flying back and forth between two of her three emotions (I'm CUTE AND CONFUSED! now I'm CUTE AND ANGRY!)* and there was no chemistry between any of them.

David Morse was in there trying, like the excellent actor he is, but once he was out of the picture, there was no hope. An OK gunfight at the end, not very suspenseful, but a decent body count.

* The third? I'm CUTE AND HAPPY! of course.