An absolutely wonderful, dazzling film.

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2000)

I made the hour and a half drive to San Francisco on Christmas day to catch a one-time only showing of the film on the Sony Metreon IMAX screen. The show started a midnight which means I got back at 4am but it was worth it. This film is gorgeous, intelligent and moving. Plus it has the hands-down best fight scenes of all time. They're not so much fight scenes as they are incredibly choreographed action ballets made all the more surrealistic by my fatigue. This is a film that I will see several more times in theaters -- and then I'll buy the DVD.