A lot of people liked this film and got a bunch of awards - not that that counts for much these days - but I pretty much thought it sucked. The storyline was just stupid and convuluted, the actions scenes were equally pointless and unrealistic - I'm not big on action scenes unless the film is a) not taking itself too seriously or b) so well made that the action scenes grip you. People also talk a lot about special effects and stuff, but I tend to expect big bangs and floating and bullet-time and whatever in a film and so I'm not greatly impressed when it appears unless it is used with some subtlety or good timing, rather than just everywhere, the same applies to fighting/choreogrpahy So maybe you'll like it, if you like kind of poncey versions of jackie chan films, with even less plausible plots, but I was bored stiff!
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I'm sorry for the low rating, but I haven't seen this film and details about the plot and characters would have been usful to me! If you edit, leave a message in my GB and I'll re-rate! C xox
lazza123 19.01.2004 09:46
HI welcome to ciao. Sorry for the low rate, but for this to be useful you really need to have a lot more info, such as who is in it, how long is it etc.. A good idea would be to check out many more ops on this site to see what others rate highly *it also builds up your ciao profile* If you do edit this op, then please let me know, i'll happily re-read/rate it for you. Oh yes I have seen the film, and I didn't think much of it!! Larry
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