One of the dumbest films of the year

Rating: 3/10 (15 January 1999)

Between the over-acting of Cage and the completely over done action scenes that seem to be a Woo standard, I think this film would have sold better as a comedy. I mean come on, we are supposed to believe that a face can be taken off one person and put on to another with out even leaving a scar? So let's say we can overlook that, now we shouldn't notice that they also must have switched hair lines and bodies. How stupid are we? Apparently stupid enough to believe that once again, the central people in this John Woo film can stand in front of a machine gun for as long as they like, and only come away with a few nicks and cuts. There is a line between good action and just plain dumb. Woo blows past that line and never looks back. The only good thing I can say about this film is that Travolta blows Cage's one dimensional butt off the screen. John does a very good job of creating two different people. Cage does not.