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Title: This film is more effective than a sleeping pill
Review: Set in a small Latin American country where guerilla activity and drug smuggling is rampant, David Morse, husband of Meg Ryan, employee of Houston-based oil company, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Rescuers are Russell Crowe and his posse which includes David Caruso. Morse is decent guy but his character is overlooked in the rush to emphasize the machismo of Crowe,Caruso, et al, and their daring rescue deeds. Ryan is all nervous gestures, fiddling with cigarettes instead of acting (I think she's turning into a latter-day Diane Keaton),she has brief but hysterical outbursts every so often, and for two people who so famously had an affair, there are no virtually no sparks between Ryan and Crowe. Save your money.
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