Well, as many of you will know, I'm in the middle of writing my Disney series of ops. So what am I doing writing about a film that's about as far from Disney as you can get, I hear you ask. Well, I had thought about writing one about "Beauty and the Beast", then I started one on "Aladdin", but I just wasn't having any fun. So, for a change of pace I decided that I ought to write about an all action movie, full of explosions, two handed gun play and high-tech gadgetry.

Obviously, this is fantastic news for Archer, as it means that he can now devote his time to his wife (Joan Allen - Mars Attacks, Nixon) and daughter, Jamie (Dominique Swain - Lolita), instead of spending it avenging the death of his son. Of course, if things ending here, you'd feel a bit cheated, as the movie would only have been about twenty minutes long. Thankfully, it turns out that whilst he was in LA, Castor had planted a bomb designed by Pollux somewhere in the City of Angels. Pollux isn't talking, and none of Castor's cronies know anything. Things look bad. However, it turns out that the American government have plastic surgery treatments available that, frankly, boggle the mind. What they intend to do is remove Castor and Archer's faces, then put Castor's face where Archer's used to be. Of course, both men have pretty different physiques, but wouldn't you know it, that can be dealt with as well. Even Archer's voice can be changed to sound exactly like Castor's.

Unfortunately for Archer, whilst he was in the prison, Castor came out of his coma (after all, "there's nothing like having your face cut off for waking you up") and killed everyone who knew about Archer's mission. Even more unfortunately for Archer, he only did this after having himself changed to look like Archer. Realising the power of looking like Archer, Castor frees his brother, but not before having a gloat in from of the real Archer. Big mistake. Of course, Archer now has to escape from Erehwon and take out Castor once again.

Special praise has to go to the Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, who wrote the screenplay, for their choice of character names. To the uninitiated, Castor and Pollux Troy are simply names - however to those who know a bit about Greek mythology they become rather ironic. (Before you start on my, I know that Pollux is the Romanised version of the Greek Pollydeuces, but I know Greek mythology, and that's where the Romans got them from anyway. So there.) Any way, Castor and Pollux were the twin sons of Zeus, and therefore part of the group of lesser deities. More ironic still is the fact that they were considered to be champions of men, and that Pollux was known for his speciality of boxing. Added to this is the fact that their sister was Helen of Troy, and you have rather interesting names for two of the main protagonists.

Normally I'd buy the widescreen version any time that I buy a film on video, but not this time. The reason? The box that the tape came in. You see, on the front is a very groovy lenticular (hologram), that changes from Travolta's face to Cage's and back again. Unfortunately, I believe that this was a limited edition when the video first came out, so I doubt if you'll be able to get hold of this version now.

I personally can't rate this film highly enough, so I'll finish off with what the back of the box says.