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February 10, 2006
At the Movies: Ford hits a firewall in toothless thriller
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Harrison Ford could have made "Firewall" in his sleep — and at times it feels like he did.
| FIREWALL |
 Director: Richard Loncraine Cast: Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Carly Schroeder, Jimmy Bennett Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence Running time: 100 minutes |
It's the most generic of high-tech kidnap thrillers — not even interesting enough to be guilty-pleasure bad. You'll be forgiven for confusing it with "Ransom" or "Hostage." They're all essentially interchangeable.
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