Without doubt one of the worst films I have ever seen

Rating: 1/10 (5 November 2005)

I actually paid good money to see this film at the cinema. To say I disliked this film really does not go far enough, I truly hated it. Normally I can find a positive out of a film and I like films of all genres, especially good action films.
This film was surrounded with a lot of marketing hype at the time it was released in the UK about how it was a fantastic John Woo action movie packed with excitement. The "action" scenes were what disappointed me the most, they would have been laughable apart from the fact that this film took itself so seriously.
Most of all this film was boring, boring, boring! Not what you want or expect from any action film. I can accept no plot and bad acting as long as there is some half-decent action in a film. This film was just dull and irritating with terrible action scenes (the motorbike chase scene is just stupid).
I think this film must be Cruise's worst hour, even if he tried to act worse I don't think it would be possible. The more I think about this film the more I realise it was probably the worst film I have ever seen.
I'm not being spiteful, I enjoyed Woo's Face Off and I thought Cruise was good in The Last Samurai. I just don't think they should ever team up to work on a film together ever again.