fine, fast, and funny

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2000)

The wire work takes a little getting used to; sometimes it seems unintentionally comic. The times when I was most sold on it where when a character would race up the side of a wall, spinning, the wall suddenly the plane which the ground would have been. This makes the most sense; if, to whatever degree, we're dispensing with gravity, then why is all of the flying simply up/down rather than on other planes?
That aside, the story is quite good even if I have some reservations about the ending. That ending probably reads differently to Westerners than Easterners; what we see as a final selfish act might be considered noble halfway around the world. Regardless -- good acting (especially by the fellow who plays Lo) and a good dose of humor throughout keeps things pumping. Good stuff, among the year's ten best.