Breathtaking

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 1998)

This is arguably the best action film to come out of Hollywood in two decades. John Woo's direction is superb, of course, but the best part is the performances of Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. I usually prefer Cage's work, but in this one Travolta seems better (possibly because he goes from good to evil, a much funner transformation than evil to good). The final sequence leaves you physically exhausted.