In Theaters: Firewall

In his first major release since 2003’s Hollywood Homicide, Harrison Ford returns to the big screen and is back to playing the strong, intelligent hero. In Firewall, he plays the role well.
Ford stars as the head of security for a major bank in Seattle Washington; he has a dream house on the water, a wife two kids and yes even a dog. His life is shattered when his identity is stolen and his family is held hostage until he complies with the thug’s outrageous demands. While the story is far from original Ford’s big screen presence and ability to carry an entire movie on his own makes Firewall a fun, intense thriller. While watching Ford you can help but anticipate that eventually he is going to shift in high gear and take care of some business. What separates Firewall from some of the “cookie cutter” thrillers out there is that it has a sharp script and multiple character development and doesn’t lean on close ups of the lead actor.
If there is any complaint at all, it is the bad guys. Each of them is carved out of Hollywood action movie clichés almost to the point of absurdity. The entire group is taken right out of “Die Hard” and dozens of other twenty-year-old action flicks.
Ford more than holds his own but at sixty three years old his ass kicking days may be winding down…then again “Indiana Jones 4” is due out in 2007 and im sure I will go see it.