Aurora Borealis

Seems designed to reward Jackson with his biggest adult part to date, though it doesn't give the Vancouver, B.C., native a lot to work with.

Good Will Hunting but in the Midwest and minus the tortured math genius, psychological breakthroughs, and convincing local color.

Every bromide, plot twist and stock character arrives right on time and, to give director James Burke his due, function as well as they ever have.

It's predictable and ultimately quite trivial, but Sutherland alone is almost worth the ticket price.