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Matthew Barnes is a young exec on the move up who finds himself a pawn in corporate in-fighting when he's sent to London to oversee a merger... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Tough movie to watch all the way through... more (11 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Mike Binder | ... | Matthew Barnes |
 | Tim Briggs | ... | Hotel Clerk |
 | Allan Corduner | ... | Francois Fuller |
 | Janeane Garofalo | ... | Linda Barnes |
| Frank Harper | ... | Dexter |
| Caroline Holdaway | ... | Gissing's Secretary |
| James Lance | ... | Donny the Janitor |
| Lee Oakes | ... | Cousin Carl Gissing |
| Angela Pleasence | ... | Johanna Frielduct |
 | Alan Rickman | ... | John Gissing |
 | Juliet Stevenson | ... | Gwenyth Moore |
 | Owen Teale | ... | Giles Hanagan |
| Nigel Terry | ... | Alan Jardeen |
 | Sonya Walger | ... | Sister Mary |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| David Reid | ... | Man Who Wants to be a Woman (as Dave Reid) |
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[first lines]Matthew Barnes: The fact that we weren't met at Heathrow was frustrating, I can't deny that. But when you work for one of these international conglomerates like I do you kind of expect that every now and then there'll be a paper jam that takes your life along with it.
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I'm surprised by the glowing reviews. As someone with no ties to or preferences for the actors or writers, my wife and I were very disappointed in this movie. Good thing we only paid $1 in the DVDPlay box. The comedy was very lacking and the action was all mostly annoying and tough to stomach. Can't say we laughed at all except when I forced her to keep watching until the end. The film just doesn't suck you in at all. I feel like Rickman was really wasted. His demeanor could allow for a deeper character. Binder's relationship with his wife wasn't very consistent and was quite weird and unbelievable. The plot was extremely predictable and didn't allow for the viewer to get into the story. I held on until the end just to see if what I knew was going to happen. It did.
Sorry for being the big downer here, just a quick word to keep some from being disappointed!