Predictable and simpleminded

Rating: 3/10 (31 May 2000)

I saw this film with great expectation. John Woo is known for excellent action sequences and there were some of these, but why did they all have to be in slow motion? It is not as action packed if everything is slowed down. Also it could have been an hour and a half if everything was at normal speed. It looked like he had seen The Matrix too many times.
As for the story, it was a very simple plot and you always knew who the bad guy was, even when he was wearing a mask. I really enjoyed the twists in the first one. The use of the flashback was exceptional there. Other camera angles you didn't catch were made clear later. In this one, I could have gone to sleep for an hour and woken up at the end to have entire sequences replayed for me in flashback. I truly think this movie was made on the 3rd grade level so that no one would miss anything or have any excuse to see it again (bad for business). It was all an excuse for Tom Cruise to show off (the stunts he did were pretty impressive). More Luther is needed in the next sequel, which I am sure there will be. Hopefully they put a little more thought into the script.