Ain't it cool ...to have your face ripped off?

Rating: 8/10 (29 August 2012)

Sean Archer is a covert anti-terrorism big shot who doesn't fool around. Caster Troy is a terrorist for hire who doesn't fool around either. Wait! Actually he does fool around. In fact, he's the horniest wild-eyed evil-doer you will see in any story whether it be on page or on screen. All the dude needs to do is cup an ass and he has a mangasm. Imagine the Joker lost his make-up and injected himself with Charlie Sheen's tiger blood. Top it off with a Caesar hairdo and the result is a man who is not quite charming or funny but thinks he's both. When Cage trades the Castor character for Archer with Castor face, the mangasms are replaced by sappy uber-emoting. But Cage's performance is a study in subtlety. There's a few nervous breakdowns and a few emotional outbursts but it's all with a measure of restraint. It's a wonder that the other characters don't drown in man tears but it's still remarkably poised. Goons and gunsmiths shoot and miss each other over and over again. But it's okay because they look soooo cool doing it. And a John Woo film wouldn't be Wooey without Woo birds – aka doves, or are they pigeons? Whatever they are, they're Catholic and feel most at home at a coastal church where guns are going off. Prepare to get a ferocious facial of furious fun. This movie will blow your face off!