Junk with Jerks

Rating: 1/10 (30 December 2004)

Can't stay awake. Don't like any character. Don't care about the storyline. Get the impression that this was made purely to make a few dishonest dollars, largely relying on star-power of Cage (who's done some wonderful work) and Travolta (last artistic triumph: Vinnie Barbarino). People in the film industry, and it's mass of fawning synchophants in the critics' circle are still trying to convince us that John Woo is a master...this load of crap shows he's a master of the hackneyed one-line, the bad chase scene as well as the awful plot-twist. Maybe slamming Woo is unfair, perhaps no one could make this script work.