Eye Opener

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2005)

This movie was incredible. To start off, the story line was brilliant, and the acting as well as the special effects was very well done. Jet Li was awesome throughout this entire film. To Start off... the plot: The plot was very well throughout. There are so many different twists from start to finish i don't even know where to begin. But, even with all of these twists, it was still easy to follow. But i must say, the writing of the script definitely made the film. Although the dialogue didn't play a major role throughout, it was very simple and philosophical. As great as the plot was, lets not forget that this was an action movie. And it did not disappoint, the mystical fighting i feel has not worked in the past (crouching tiger, hidden dragon sucked), but it definitely did in this movie. The scene where they fight over the water was incredible. Not to mention that each scene throughout this movie had a theme of colors that typically followed what the characters were wearing in that scene. This particularly worked well throughout this movie because the colors are so vibrant and alive that it made the fighting sequences throughout that more special. Overall the camera work and cinematography was without a doubt some of the best i've ever seen, and i definitely recommend this movie to anyone who wants to take a break from all of the Hollywood crap.