Deja woo

Rating: 3/10 (26 August 2001)

Almost everything in this big-budget borer has been done before and done better, in such as the moribund James Bond franchise, the original MI TV series and action/adventure films too numerous to mention.
Neither Mr. Cruise nor Ms. Newton are convincing in their roles, screenwriter Towne et al. presumably suffered an acute case of writers block, and director Woo recycles his bag of now-familiar violent action tricks and clever camera angles. The only bright note here is a cameo by Anthony Hopkins, who in reference to Ms. Newton's need for training, has the best line in the film.
While one may wonder why actors of the calibre of Hopkins, Derek Jacobi and Judi Dench appear in such trash, presumably it is for the same reason that this vacuous socky-choppy flick was made - money, money, money!