HARRISON Ford returns to the role he seems to think he does best: the harassed family man who just won't give in to bad guys.

Whether it's battling terrorists in Patriot Games or bank robbers in his current offering Firewall, no-one relishes wearing a suit and a grimace as much as our Harrison.

But that's the problem. Ford scowls and mutters his way through the whole film giving the audience no chance to get to like him or care what happens to him and his kidnapped family.

His character, Jack Stanfield, an IT expert for a giant bank, is no Indiana Jones. And Ford has just turned 64 so why keep casting him in the action hero role?

The calibre of the bad guys doesn't help. Led by Bill Cox (Paul Bettany playing the archetypal British villian), the gang hold Jack and his family hostage in his plush home, while forcing him to crack the bank's state-of-the-art security system, designed by, you guessed it, Jack himself, so they can cream off millions from its wealthiest customers.

Sounds like a plan? Well, it would be if the gang were a little bit nastier. The most threatening they get is when, having set up camp in Jack's home to wait while he figures out how to get them their money, Bettany starts cooking everyone pancakes.

Eventually Jack uses his technological know-how and good old-fashioned determination to gain the upper hand and, after a final showdown at an isolated cabin, good triumphs over evil.

The predictably daft plot, boring characters and clunky dialogue means that Firewall crashed and burned.