Collateral Damage

This formulaic action picture's release was delayed for several months following the destruction of New York's World Trade Center, because the film involves terrorist attacks on major U.S. cities and features monosyllabic he-man Arnold Schwarzenegger as a firefighter. After rescuing a crippled old lady from a burning Los Angeles tenement, brawny Gordon "Gordy" Brewer (Schwarzenegger) returns home to the bosom of his perfect nuclear family, little knowing that his domestic bliss is about to be shattered. Mere hours later, Brewer's loving wife and adorable little boy are blown to bits by a bomb meant for the nearby Colombian consulate. Guerilla leader Claudio Perrini (...