For once the title says it all

This movie attempts to be an intriguing and suspenseful mystery thriller but fails miserably. Hell, it's more than that: it's a hot, steaming pile of pretentious crap. Bogged down by wooden acting, stilted direction and a poor script, this movie makes me wonder why anyone in their right mind would want to pay money to watch it. All the movie does is start with a basic story and then keeps adding plot twists and turns until it turns into a mindless piece of trash. \nThe story revolves around DEA agent Tom Hardy (John Travolta) who is called into the army's basic training camp in Panama to investigate the disappearance of a legendary Sgt. Nathan West played by Samuel L. Jackson. With the help of the army's in-house investigator, Osborne (Connie Nielson), Hardy attempts to sift through the many layers of deceit to find the truth.\nThis is a "special edition" DVD of the movie, though I can't see why. There are only two features and the usual director's commentary, but nothing else. "A Director's Design" is interviews with the actors, writer and director discussing a variety of issues from how great a guy Travolta is to how difficult it was for Nielsen to walk like military personnel. Whoop-de-doo! "A Writer's Perspective" is nothing more than the screenwriter, James Vanderbilt, providing his insights into the movie. It seems the purpose of these features is to give the cast and crew members an opportunity to pat themselves on the back and say what a great job they did, going to the extent of comparing this piece of shit to Kurasowa's classic, "Rashomon." That was the final straw.