Very good, kinda vague at times though....

Rating: Null/10 (16 July 2001)

I just saw this, and to be honest, I was quite entertained. It's moving, lyrically done, beautifully shot, the mucho-hyped wire fights range from great(the barfight, more or less, the bamboo stuff) to 'Yup-there's the wire again!' along the rooftops. Still, I liked it-the flying and Peter Pan type leaps really were unique. Fit the characters well.
Acting seemed pretty decent too.
Michelle Yeoh was the most impressive, class and then some, I really wish they had spent more time on her and less on the young squirt she was fighting all the time. But oh well.
Problems I had with it-there are a few characters who pop up who I couldn't place, I also missed the fact that the entire Mongol Gobi adventure was a FLASHBACK on the young gal's part. Otherwise I'd have realized who the guy in the Fuzzy Hat(Lo) was from the outset. It wasn't until he showed up at the wedding parade that I put two and two together. Maybe it's me.
I also kept thinking that the 'Jade Fox' was not developed the way she could have, kinda shows up two or three times, we don't really know what and where about her as much as we should.
And that ending-does the swan dive turn fatal or does she bounce back like a bumble?? 'Tis up to the viewer I would guess.
That aside-the flick as a whole is done quite well. I liked it, it's certainly Not like anything else out there, and it's easy to see that Hollywood has lost that spark. Too many A.I.s.
***1/2 outta *****