Disappointment will rise.

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 2000)

I don't know if this contains any spoilers, but you probably don't want to read this before viewing this movie. I went unto the movie theater with excitement. All the reviews that I had read about this movie raved about it's perfect marriage of stunning action and well-constructed plot. What I found was an unrepentent melodrama of the worst stripe. The audience nearly boo-ed and hissed everytime the villain came on screen, and cheered heavily upon the protagonist. The script for Spice-World has more depth, and certainly more well-rounded characters. Oh well, I thought. At least I could sit back and enjoy the eye-candy. And to a very limited extent, I did enjoy the gladatorial combats. The only problem is that 90% of those scenes were in the commercials that had been run excessively before the release. Other computer-assisted action sequences were quite terribly done, such as the opening battle and all of the psychedelic flashbacks. Overall, I feel that this is an embarrassing abortion of a movie. It's popularity proves to Hollywood that the market for Steven Seagal movies is still expanding fast.