There was a trend in action movies in the mid-to-late '90s where any hobby could become the foundation for a violent adventure. It seemed to coincide with America's brief (and yet overlong) fascination with X-TREME sports. Let's call it the Dan Cortese Effect. So, you had action movies about skydiving Russian spies, and adrenaline-addicted surfing bank robbers, and skydiving American ...