Thanks to a few cutting details and a hilariously manic performance from Chris Tucker, this loud and very violent action comedy isn't half as dumb as it could -- and by all rights should -- have been. Franklin Hatchett (Tucker) is a fast-thinking, motor-mouthed Los
Angeles hustler with a lucrative ticket-scalping operation, until he's fingered by TV reporter James Russell (Charlie Sheen) and sent to the clink, cuffed to ruthless international smuggler Raymond Villard (Gerard Ismael). The jail-bound bus is hijacked by a team of Villard's commandos, who spring
their leader and the attached Franklin while slaughtering everyone else on board -- including two policemen....
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins