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Review

This urbanized retelling of the classic Treasure of the Sierra Madre marks a return to form for director Hill. Paxton and Sadler take the lead in this textbook "wrong place, wrong time" scenario about two "good ol' boy" firemen who go searching for buried treasure in an abandoned building just in time to witness a gangland hit by druglords Ice T and Ice Cube. Hill strikes just the right balance between well-drawn characterizations and gunplay galore to make this a welcome addition to the action genre.