To my surprise, I found myself loving this film!

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2004)

I honestly thought I wasn't going to like this film. I'm not a particular action fan, I can't stand kung fu movies, and for me, interesting angles and "arty" nonsense can usually not make up for the lack of a gripping story. But I found myself absolutely mesmerized by this movie. Everything about it is just so unusual, it's like completely new type of movie experience. The acting is superb, the gore is done with humour and style and I found it strangely satisfying (highly unusual for me). And despite a ridiculous detachment from the real world (nobody ever seemed to mind Uma keeping a samurai sword in the seat beside her onboard the airplane) ;-), this did not lessen the sheer experience that it truly was to watch this movie. 9 out of 10 from me!