Born American

One of the silliest action movies of the year, BORN AMERICAN offers as protagonists three of the least sympathetic all-American jerks whose idea of a good time is to get blasted on beer and then to sneak across the border from Finland into Russia. Before they can get back, they are captured and marched off to prison. Coburn, injured in an earlier gun battle, lies slowly dying while Durham and Norris learn the harsh truth about prison life. The strange thing about this film is that there are some interesting--albeit half-baked--ideas floating around in the script, and the direction shows some skill and style. However, the plot is ludicrous from start to finish, the ...