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Title: As bad as the trailer hinted it would be
Review: I only watched this movie because I was bored tonight. The trailer let me know 10 years ago how bad it would be, so I never bothered to see it. I figured I would get a few laughs out of the parts of the book they mangled, as Hollywood has done to every Clancy book they adapted to film, but I was denied even that, as the writers jettisoned about 95% of the original story and politically airbrushed the rest. However, like most train wrecks, I could not look away. By the end of the movie, it was clear that with a bit more trimming and a change of title, Hollywood could have promoted this as a unique story in it's own right, but then they would not have had Clancys name to sell it with. I'm sure T.C. winces every time he realizes what a joke this film is to anyone who has read the book.
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