Rachel Weisz, Peter Stormare and Djimon Hounsou all do great work here but the movie is really beneath their talents.

Rating: 1/10 (27 February 2005)

This is a very bad movie, no doubt about it but it does have its great points which is the performances of Rachel Weisz Peter Stormare and Djimon Hounsou which makes this movie much better than it really is. Rachel Weisz is with out a doubt one of the most versatile actresses of our generation, and in this movie, she is quite literally carrying the huge acting weight from Keanu Reeves, who is miscast in his role and gives a pretty lousy performance. She holds the audience attention with her strong and gutsy performance and she does give this movie a lot more than it asked from her. Peter Stormare only has about eight minutes of screen time and does more with it than Keanu does in his whole performance. He gives a funny and down right scary realism to his portrayal of the king of the underworld. This role should prove to people on how versatile an actor Stormare is and it should give him the respect he deserves. Djimon Hounsou is a great and charismatic actor who also does more with his role than Keanu does. He brings a strong sense of bravado to his underwritten role and makes the audience have fun with him while he chews up the scenery with is great performance.
Weisz, Stormare and Hounsou are great actors who give more to the audience than the film does, and for that, they should be commended. The movie unfortunately is beneath their great talents and it does not deserve their efforts at all with a story that confuses more than explains and a leading man who can't act his way out of a garbage can.