Entering the Witless Protection Program

Tommy Lee Jones is good in this film, there's no question, and the cheerleaders are very cute and practically naked a lot of the time - nothing wrong with that. But the film itself is cheesy, let's face it.

At the beginning set-up, there are all these artsy-fartsy split screen effects, as if the filmmakers think they're going for an art film, but this is a far cry from art and it's barely a film. It's entertaining if you're at home sprawled out on the couch with a beer (or some sort of adult beverage) in your hand, but as a movie theatre production, it's pretty lame. And cheesy, let's not forget cheesy.

Plus there are so many brilliantly original surprises to be had: The cheerleaders aren't really airheads, see, they have BRAINS hiding underneath their skimpy outfits, and Tommy Lee's character isn't really a walking zombie with a gun, he's got FEELINGS, see, especially for his daughter and then he meets the Anne Archer character and goes positively goo-goo eyed - you get the idea. The film is also uneven as all get out, with no true character continuity, but then if you're pondering character continuity in a film this lowbrow, you've got much more serious problems to deal with.