Too Bad

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2001)

Like others I saw this film after I heard all the hype, so I had high expectations. I was rather disappointed when the film did not come close to meeting my expectations. Unlike others, the fight scenes did not redeem the movie for me at all. I enjoy martial arts in movies, but this movie did not contain martial arts, it contained fight scenes that defied physics and especially the law of gravity. If a movie is going to allow people to float through the air, walk up sides of buildings, or jump 40 feet in the air then there needs to be a reason why these feats are possible (such as the underlying premise of The Matrix) or the movie needs to be pure fantasy (like Superman). Crouching Tiger's suspension of reality didn't work. On top of that, the acting wasn't particularly good, the plot was shallow, and the story simply wasn't enjoyable. The only good thing I can say about this movie is that it had beautiful cinematography.