Simply put, this is one of the most entertaining films in recent memory.

Cut off from emotion and meaning, this kind of work has a hollow, nervous weightlessness to it -- decadence without the courage of true decadence.

Director Tony Scott gives the production a nicely polished sheen, although some of the scenes look and sound too much like a combination of Navy recruiting commercials and MTV videos.

An empty meaningless script is more than compensated for by superb camerawork and flying stunts.