Though this movie is lacking in many respects, it does have some genuinely funny moments, and is a great satire. This movie takes the incident of a kidnapping and uses it to run with a scathing criticism of the news media and how they blow things out of proportion for better ratings. As Jack Hammond says when speaking to a news reporter, "That's what this is all about, right? After all, we wouldn't them to change the f---ing channel, would we?!" It is scary to see the striking similiarites between this film and the cavalcade of cops and newsvans behind O.J. Simpson, especially when one notes that this film came way before that chase. There are still melodramatic moments, holes in the plot, and weak writing in this movie, but all-in-all it is worth a look. All those who are fed up with the media and their games will appreciate this movie.
