Probably the biggest sleeper of all time. Was great back then and it is also today, out of orbit acting by the Villian, in fact he is so good.. makes you wonder if he is acting, nobody can be 'this' convincing, an giant performance out of Silver, Matusak the police chief is also awesome, best lines ever from beginning to end of movie, specially the first half, like silver 'classic one liners'. Directing is great, flows well, not one scene is more or less then it should be, but for a few tweaks in the story I would not change a thing. This was the movie that was supposed to catapult Van Damme to super star dome and A list like Cruise, but..... Van Damme did a direct, mile long, deep, dive into hard drugs... strung out for the next decade by the time he sobered up his time had passed. Truly a shame, makes you wonder what movies he would have been part of and given us if he had not self destructed. Anyway, at least with this movie you can see the trajectory he was in,...ah, what could have been. Enjoy. 5 well deserved stars from me!!!! PS love the opening scene!