An effective action movie that could have been bad.

Rating: Null/10 (11 January 2001)

It had a very large margin for being a really dumb film, and thanks to John Woo, avoided becoming a film tragedy. It was a good film, but kind of reminded me of Broken Arrow, the Rock, Die Hard, etc etc. Maybe its cause they have the same stars, but I think it has more to do with the similarities. They represent the evolution of the action film over the decades. We go from Dirty Hairy to Die Hard, to the Matrix, and beyond. What will be the next evolution is not known, but I hope it doesn't end up like Mission Impossible 2 (which is also a John Woo film). Mission Impossible 2 was like to action, how Spinal Tap was to Rock and Roll. It completely exposes the excess, and how too much can be a bad thing. Anyways, you have to wonder how John Travolta's wife in the movie didn't notice that something was wrong with her husband when the two main characters made the switch. "Honey, did you get smaller at work?" "Honey, your nipples are hairy now." "Honey, why is your (you know what) now 12 inches?" Just little problematic things that she should have noticed. Other than that, kewl flick.