Hydrotoxin – Die Bombe tickt in dir (1992)

Hydrotoxin – Die Bombe tickt in dir: Directed by Christian Duguay. With Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross, Lisa Eilbacher. After A US senator is killed, A Bomb Disposal Expert is brought in to investigate the deadly explosive and must uncover the terrorists plan.

“This film can only be misjudged these days. u0026quot;Live Wireu0026quot; comes from a time when coming up with the most showy ideas and putting into a movie were something fun for our eyes to see and for audiences enjoy it as if it was the coolest thing ever created. And it has Pierce Brosnan a little before Bond, already showing up some skills when it comes to be a great action hero and a sexy ladies man.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHe plays Danny Ou0026#39;Neill, a bomb disposal expert with lots of trouble to deal (which includes the alleged love affair his wife is having with a Senator) when a maniac (Ben Cross) decides to eliminate political targets by using a liquid explosive that is practically invisible to eyes. And one of the targets is…the Senator (played by Ron Silver). I havenu0026#39;t said much but I guess you already can form scenes, situations, establish connections and see how this is going to end. Ridiculously predictable to make you feel sick.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe biggest achievement of u0026quot;Live Wireu0026quot; is seeing the use of the invisible explosive that is easily ingested and later causes a lot of damages and deaths. It doesnu0026#39;t end without some shock, very similar to a heart-attack, then the eyes start to get read and boom! The courtroom scene is terrifying, just to give an example. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s fun to watch. The cast is good, they are suitable and comfortable in their roles and they save the script of being a whole mess. Speaking of the script, this had one of the worst plot holes ever presented on screen that even a kid can easily detect: the fighting between Danny and Tony Planau0026#39;s character in the fountain scene. How come such writer comes up in developing such a tense moment with these two fighting, alternately drowning each other in the explosive water but only one pays the price and blow up to pieces? How does one expect to get away with this? u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWith all those obstacles this manages to be thrilling, funny (specially the robot trained to find bombs who has a crush on Brosnanu0026#39;s character or the whole city knowing about the infidelities of his wife) and thereu0026#39;s reasonable action sequences. Highpoint of the movie: the duel in the house where Pierce has the chance to demonstrate he knows everything about bombs, improvising explosive devices to kill the bad guys. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGoofy, relatively dumb but who cares, this is good. Donu0026#39;t take it too seriously and youu0026#39;ll see whatu0026#39;s so good about it. 7/10”