Disappointed *spoilers ahead*

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2000)

This average piece of celluloid isn´t what I was waiting for the whole summer. I had hopes, but now I´m 100% sure that Mr Cruise should have done only the stunts and leave the close ups for a REAL actor. There are only three variations of emotion in this pretty face: The smile (a favourite!), The I´m serious thinking-mask and The tight-lips hard boy face. That´s not enough to persuade me of all the super power skills that he is gifted with.
I´ve seen all those uncomparable Woo-movies with Chow Yun-Fat and John Travolta. These actors are able to lift a action movie over the whole distance. I´m serious: I´m not a guy who always expects a Brando/de Niro/Eastwood/Connery etc.-personality to keep a movie going. But Mr Cruise ruins this wannabe Bond with his zero-personality.
In addition this movie has the most predictible story of all Woo movies available. There is not a single surprise (don´t you think this mask-thing is a little bit overdone?).
2/10 for Cruise, 3/10 for dialoges 9/10 for John Woo and the sound design