There could of been something much more better, than what eventuated here, it's a disappointing loss to what was an exciting idea. Palpably here, it's the script which is at fault, a lot of suspense and thrills have been sucked out of it, we're left with a below average actioner. This film too, pretty much finished Ulrich's career, and he really hasn't much to offer with his performance here. The film's exciting start, takes place in the South American jungle, when an experiment, involving frigid temperatures, goes horribly wrong, and a army of soldiers of frozen out, you could say. Taking the rap is a Colonel (Firth inn a dastardly role) now turned terrorist as just being released from prison after a ten year stint, with nothing but revenge on his mind. Disgraced scientist (Paymer), the real one responsible, for that horrific incident, has since retired to a simple life, as a fisherman in one of the backwater pine towns. Firth + his posse and Paymer's pasts cross, and it's a bitter confrontation. Paymer still has the chilled contraption of death, or better known as, yeah, Elvis, which Firth is after to make a loud of spondouli, putting it out there on the open market. Ulrich takes off with it, teaming up with an ice cream delivery man (Cuba Gooding Jnr, who's fast gabbling got on my nerves) pursued by Firth and his posse, where from here, it's an almost non suspense filled chase, with a couple of high thrills, but really just steady driving, nothing happenings, going on, here, where we're left with CBJ's ranting (someone give me a gun). There's some other thrills throughout the movie, but it's more a "What happened with the movie here?", territory) Firth's twisted character, did have a have one hell of a motive for becoming who he does, I could sympathize with him a little. CF is one of those less memorable, short running movie pics of 2000, and the onus is on the writers, who have obviously written a messy exchange of bad dialogue, and plotting, from what was sadly a movie that could of really been something, if penned by different hands. Firth too, the real actor here, is one of few things good about this.

Skeet Ulrich and Cuba Gooding Jr. once started out their careers as promising new actors, Gooding Jr. had even already won an Oscar at the time of this movie. I have however always regarded this movie as the sort of turning points in their careers, as it's simply a very bad genre movie, with a lame concept and a story that borrows too much from much better other genre movies.It's not just its concept that makes this movie bad, it's just the overall execution of it all as well. For an action movie it simply isn't a very good one, not in the least because it also borrows heavily from other movies and just isn't original enough on its own to really add anything. The movie is like "Speed" meets "Die Hard" meets "The Rock" and than some movies thrown in the mix with it.No, I didn't really enjoyed watching this movie, even though the movie obviously got aimed toward it to bring some entertainment, by also adding a dose of comedy to the movie. Gooding Jr. has just never really been my favorite comedy actor and Skeet Ulrich just doesn't fit this genre. The movie tries to be like a buddy flick, in which two totally different mismatched persons just by chance end up with each other, running from a couple of bad guys who want to have a new deadly chemical weapon that detonates when it reaches temperatures over 50 degrees. Luckilly Gooding Jr. is an ice cream truck driver. This already should provide you a troubling image of how this entire movie is being like. Seems amazing to me in the first place that they decided to turn this concept into a movie. Its concept alone was reason for people to not go and see this movie, which made this movie an instant flop already, far before it had been released. And why some of the actors within this movie actually agreed to be in it is perhaps an even more strange thing. The movie does have some big names in it, next to Ulrich and Gooding Jr., such as David Paymer and Peter Firth.A movie that is as bad as its concept.4/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

I came across this film one night and let me tell you it is a cracker of a movie. Cuba Gooding Jr,an ice cream delivery driver,and Skeet Ulrich,an employee at a diner, are transporting a secret chemical weapon,named Elvis,that if exceeding the temperature of 50 degrees will detonate killing 3 million Americans and annihilating everything for miles around. They are pursued by terrorist Peter Firth, who wants to sell the weapon to the highest bidder, and his female cronie Hudson Leick. This is a film that keeps upping the tension and keeps you on the edge of your seat. Cuba Gooding Jr and Skeet Ulrich are perfect as 2 unlikely heroes who at first don't get on but have to work together and in so doing become friends. Peter Firth plays a really nasty piece of work but his co-star Hudson Leick steals every scene with her portrayal of a female assassin who has no scruples what so ever. If you ever get the chance to watch this film then take up the offer because you will be seeing a small movie that is a little gem. By the end of this film you will have no nails left to chew. 8 out of 10.

I can't believe all the negative comments for this movie. It is about two guys trying to keep the bad guys from scorching about a five-square-mile patch of the US and all the citizens therein. If you went to this movie after watching the trailer and didn't expect it to be a great diversion rather than a serious action-thriller, you weren't paying very close attention when Skeet Ulrich's character brandishes a gun and for the second time says "I need your truck," and Cuba Gooding, Jr., responds, "How far you got to go?" From that point on in the trailer, you SHOULD be clued in. Once the ice cream truck shows up at the diner, it is non-stop action, and it's FUNNY.Everyone needs to lighten up. This is a comedy, and it is a good one. Relax and stop taking yourselves so seriously.