Not impressed by this movie.

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2002)

The sets and the scenery in this movie were just breath-taking. The problem is in the action sequences. The wire work fight scenes just felt out of place. It completely ruined the "Suspension of Disbelief" that is needed in a good movie. Every time I saw some actor "flying", it just reminded me this is just a kung-fu flick. In a movie like the Matrix, it worked well because they setup an alternate reality in which the laws of gravity didn't comply. If they had setup a more mythical setting for the film it may have worked. But as it ended up, the wire work fight scenes seemed to be the basis of the film and plot just advanced you to the next completely outrageous fight.