Fight scenes let it down

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2005)

I was very impressed with the film. It was well made, convincingly acted and a good story. There was, however, one small problem. The fight scenes sucked.....no, they uddersucked! There is a common problem with Hollywood films nowadays where they try to recreate the excitement of Asian martial arts movies but fail. The issue is there aren't many westerners that can match the speed of their Asian counterparts so they try to use camera tricks like extreme close-ups on limbs and quick camera angle changes, which are supposed to create the illusion of speed and skill but left me frustrated.
Despite this, in my opinion, major flaw the rest of the film was good enough to compensate and the movie remained entertaining.
If any Hollywood types read this, earn your money and sort this issue out for the next film.