Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7057 in Movie
• Released on: 2008-11-04
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Running time: 98 minutes

Customer Reviews

Not a bad movie
I did enjoy this, had some funny moments. I liked where his friends in the FBI were joking with him about his mother.

Horrible
Colin Hanks has Tom Hanks' voice, so it's strange hearing that voice but seeing a completely different body. I don't know whose face Meg Ryan has now, but it's not hers. The plot was stupid.

Mind numbingly bad
I don't usually write reviews, but I suffered through Homeland Security just last night and it was so thoroughly awful I feel honor-bound to take a few moments to warn anyone against buying, renting or accepting an invitation to watch it. Have you noticed that people who have had a nasty health scare or survived a brush with death on the highway often feel compelled in the immediate aftermath to alert others so they can avert falling into similar danger? That's a little like how I feel this morning. There is nothing positive I can say about Homeland Security. It's painfully slow and stilted, the acting is wooden, the plot line is inane and just about every single joke falls horribly flat. I don't think there's any single area of culpability: it's a combination of weak concept plus failures in the script, direction and editing room. I had always considered Banderas and Ryan to be reasonably talented actors - at the very least endowed with a certain screen presence - so it was something of a surprise to see a movie they star in turn out to be so staggeringly awful. It was actually embarrassing to watch - and who wants to spend 90 minutes cringing through a movie? In supporting roles, Colin Hanks may turn out to be a fine actor one day, but he strikes out looking in his first major appearance. Selma Blair's performance was not bad at all, though I doubt she'll be highlighting this movie on her career resume in the years ahead. My recommendation ... Homeland Security would make a perfect Christmas or birthday gift for someone you particularly dislike.