Aside from the High Tech & Kung Foo Stunts

Rating: 1/10 (23 September 2002)

It was cheesy Bond-like forgettable junk. Jon Woo might be Mr High Speed Action and you get that in spades in this flick, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the original series's concept. The original series involved convoluted plots, deceptions, rubber masks and high tech gadgets executed by a team of experts, emphasis on the team. The original series wasn't John LeCarre or Hitchcock with all those rubber mask switcheroos, but it was plot driven and had no flash. Also, it had almost no violence, sex or chase scenes. The new one is just the opposite: Its all violence, cheesy Bond type lovers, chase scenes, and just Tom. It has nothing at all to do with the spirit of the original series, it's just an action packed, mindless Cruise fest.