Uneven and ultimately mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (6 March 2001)

I've described this movie to friends as a hybrid of THE MATRIX and WARRIORS OF VIRTUE. It has many of the vices of both movies and few of the virtues. The central love story -- told in flashback -- was one of the few virtues. The performances were uniformly good. The problem was with the plot and (possibly) the editing: it was a muddled mish-mash.
Rating: 5 (I'd rate it as 5.0 on my 0.0 - 10.0 scale so my IMDB 5 is slightly higher. An IMDB 4 would be too low.)