Disliked the film because of poor dialog and character development

Rating: 2/10 (16 January 2001)

There was too much exposition about the characters past and not enough real character development. The characters were very shallow and soap operaish. I did not care about any of the characters and the relationships did not work for me. I also found the story disjointed
The fight scenes were shot well and choreographed beautifully.
Why is this movie getting good reviews? Political pressure perhaps.