Watch Tommy Lee Jones as an old guy with long hair and a big hat. He left is family in favor of spending his time with an Indian tribe. Cate Blanchett is his daughter and she's pretty angry with Jones for being a p##spoor father. Unfortunately her daughter is abducted by a creepy Indian voodoo-doctor and his fierce crew (their business being human trafficking, slaughter and torture). Of course Blanchett needs daddy's help to save the daughter. Good guys hunt the bad guys, you've seen it a 1000 times.
So what does kitsch-master Howard do to infuse that old plot with fresh blood? Well, nothing! But wait he does something special: Everything in his picture happens because of the stupidity of its protagonists. So we got good idiots hunt the bad guys. That's something new. If you're in the right mood that can be quiet funny, but if you really like the good old hunting story you'll be disappointed. Performances are all solid, though, so it's slightly better then staring at a wall.
So what does kitsch-master Howard do to infuse that old plot with fresh blood? Well, nothing! But wait he does something special: Everything in his picture happens because of the stupidity of its protagonists. So we got good idiots hunt the bad guys. That's something new. If you're in the right mood that can be quiet funny, but if you really like the good old hunting story you'll be disappointed. Performances are all solid, though, so it's slightly better then staring at a wall.