so many things wrong ..

Rating: 2/10 (22 June 2000)

There are so many things wrong with this film I don't know where to begin. But begin I will. John Woo is stuck in the 80's, when will people see this. When cars bump into each other they explode and somersault. The good guys are excellent marksmen but the baddies can't hit a thing. The good guys can take a bullet in the fuel tank and keep on truckin' but guess what ? the bad guys find their car exploding, etc. etc. etc. I won't list other ridiculous, cliched moments, but I'm sure you'll recognize most of them from the A-team. That's probably where the writers found the plot too. It's so insulting.
All of John Woo's films also turn into a single goodie against a single baddie, the rest of the cast turn into ornaments. Why bother have an MI team ? and the female lead .. ?!#$% I agree with jzgirl that she is reduced to a damsel in distress. You won't see a weaker criminal.
Given John Woo's Hollywood track record and being from Hong Kong I've seen plenty of his local films as well, I can't believe the fault lies at anyone else's feet but his. Luckily I like Tom Cruise but if I didn't I'd have given this film a 2 instead of a generous 4.
From an excellent first film, John Woo's pathetic 80's direction of a plotless script is a long, long way to fall.