This movie was entertaining enough for me, but hardly contains anything worth going out of your way to see. "After the Sunset" stars a very old looking Pierce Brosnan, a very hot looking Salma Hayek and a very dorky looking Woody Harrelson.

Basically, "After the Sunset" is your typical movie where the main character is going after THE DIAMOND. Yes. Yet another Hollywood movie protagonist desires to obtain either "the treasure," "the gold" or in this case "the diamond," so I'm not going to bother with the storyline.

The only thing that makes this picture a little less like the norm is the relationship between burglar Max, played by Brosnan (Die Another Day), and longtime girlfriend/partner in crime Lola, played by Hayek (Frida).

The plot comes down to a choice for Max to either steal the diamond and loose the girl, or vice versa. However, because it's a Hollywood made movie, Max gets to keep the girl AND steal the diamond. That's not fair. There's no consequence in that ending. Ah, no one cares anyway, why should I? Harrelson (The People Vs Larry Flynt) plays the embarrassed FBI agent who tails him.

Hayek was an absolute visual gem in this picture. Cinematographer Dante Spinotti (The Insider, Wonderboys) knew the perfect way to shoot this woman's skin, while costumer Rita Ryack created the perfect wardrobe of classy and sexy outfits for her. If Hayek wasn't on screen, I couldn't have cared less about the plot. As for her talent, she has yet to top her title character Academy Award® nominated performance in "Frida."

Also making the picture a little brighter was the tough island detective Sophie, who eventually becomes the love interest for FBI agent Lloyd (Harrelson), played by Naomie Harris (28 Days Later). As far as her ability as an actress goes, Harris did fine for the poorly written character she was handed. However, she is one hell of a gorgeous woman to have walking around in your movie. I hope she gets more work soon.

I will simply list the things I don't accept about the material…

• I do not believe Don Cheadle's (Hotel Rwanda) power and money hungry character would come to Max's home and throw a gun in Lola's face after being double-crossed. He would have sent one of the many, many henchmen and henchwomen we saw surrounding him.
• I have trouble accepting Brosnan and Hayek as an on screen romance. They simply do not look good standing together. Even looking past their age differences, visually they don't look right to me.
• I can't believe agent Lloyd can be so resourceful to know where Max's whereabouts are half the time, and at the same time be so inept. There were scenes which resembled a TV sitcom between the two, not a cop and robber drama.
• How many times must director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Red Dragon) and writer Paul Zybszewski--his only other writing credit is an episode of TV's "The Weakest Link"--show us Lola using sex to get Max to NOT steal the diamond. She must have felt really stupid when he did it anyway.
• Why does a female character in a movie always allow herself to be suckered in by a man, who has nice things to say about her, even though the man just completely scorned and embarrassed her? Why did the writer and director feel these two characters have to stay together at all? What's wrong with this movie's final message being "You can have the world, but you have to give up your soul?" That would have been a more solid and respectable ending than the obtuse Hollywood ending it was given.
• Why does detective Sophie suddenly become attracted to Harrelson's character after, in their previous scene together, she wants nothing to do with him? I smell a deleted scene on the DVD.

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