There's not much to recommend this film except Kevin Costner's good looks. Don't bother.

Quite a few reviewers bag this movie, I just don't know what people expect these days. I guess they expect every single movie made to be in their taste and a Billion Dollar AAA+++ movie. Anyway, as a spy movie, it is not a 10/10 but it is also a good family movie (8) above, you know your own children. Normal violence you would expect from a Spy Thriller but not as bad as the XXX movies. There is a lot of family values and struggles that many families can relate too and I believe the writers portrayed that very well. Costner's acting in this was about an 8/10 as were the others excluding his on screen daughter who I thought was superb. Costner delivers a believable performance/character, just not his best. The action is frequent enough to keep you entertained along with the Costner on Screen family and another On Screen Family who have lessons for us all. The filming and angles I thought where great and in some cases extremely difficult, although in this day and age, anything can be done on a computer.All in all this will appeal to those who like a Spy Thriller, a Family movie, bit do not expect this to be XXX or one of the latest James Bond movies. Worth watching, an 8/10 overall and I would watch it gain. I guess if they threw more millions at it, it could have been better received by some of the harsher critics on here.

It seems a fair amount of viewers didn't like this movie all that much. No superheros in it-well there was really if you consider the way Kevin Kostner's character moved through bad guys like a knife through warm butter. The fact it had more than its share of kick ass action should have garnered it more action movie fan attention. KK isn't around much these days and I think he knows he has to truly excel if he wants the public's attention-its that kind of a public-but he does excel in this movie. It is funny & it also sheds plenty of led. It deserved a better overall score than the 6 something IMDb reviewers gave it. Its an eight. Maybe more...its worth checking out if you have never seen it.

Written by Luc Besson, directed by McG ("Terminator 4"), starring Kevin Costner (yeah, apparently he's still alive) and taking place in Paris.This is a weird combination of serious action and comedy. A "James Bond"/"Mission Impossible" type of guy balancing between working for the CIA and his family. It takes a while to understand that the family thing is not just a minor back story, but actually a big part of the movie.Mostly it's entertaining, some parts are a bit boring. In any case, you'll have to suspend your disbelief and not take the movie too seriously if you want to enjoy it.Costner is actually pretty good in his role. I can't remember the last time I saw him playing in anything.