Nice fights, bad plot

Rating: Null/10 (18 January 2001)

This film contains some of the best individual scenes, whether of action, romance or humour, that I've seen in a long time, but I was slightly disappointed at the poor linking of these scenes into a movie, particularly the flashback thing in the middle and the change in location after the wedding, so that at the start of each scene it took me a moment to work out what was meant to be happening. The characters seem to turn up in a situation that justifies a fight in a way that makes the Matrix look coherent. Having said that, the fights themselves are incredibly well done, skillfully performed and filmed and often with a subtle humour to them, and between the fights the dialogue manages not to be too corny, even in subtitles.