2.
The story goes something like this: an elite CIA operative who suffers fatal injury during his pursuit of an anarchistic terrorist who is -(wait for it) threatening the
world peace - has his mind transferred into the brain of the world’s most
dangerous and psychopathic criminal. Enter Kevin Costner, doing his best
impression of Michal Richards on steroids. Why
does the CIA need the memories of the agent in the psycho's brain? Because
apparently that’s the only way to extract the mightily important
information about the whereabouts of a sought-after hacker and a wormhole program
that allows for bypassing "any and all" safeguards around the use of any nuclear
weapons (wait for it again) in the world. Gee. Why aim so low?
3. As the inconsistent and shallow "story" unravels, you may wonder: how come a talented director + talented cast doesn’t equal a good or at least enjoyable movie? You may
stuff your face with more popcorn or make out with the pretty girl next to you,
but it still won't make the Criminal experience much better, I am afraid.
Unless the girl next to you is really hot and willing to do some filthy stuff. In which case why waste the time you have together on watching Kevin Costner
struggle as the uninterestingly portrayed and criminally insane Jericho Stewart? Beats
me.