Well, well, well - Now what do you think of John Woo?

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2000)

This film is a joke, a farce, the worst of any kind I have ever seen! It now lies above classics such as "Batman and Robin" and "The Avengers" as being the laughable king of them all! Comical because there were parts where it was impossible not to laugh at bad acting, bad stunts (where all the protagonists should have been dead within one second of "action") and absolutely atrocious (YES!) direction!
Ignore those people who continue to believe that John Woo is the greatest action director of them all. He can never be forgiven for this! Let me give you a few examples. Firstly, the slow motion shots that Woo insists on. Why Mr. Woo? WHY? Horse racing in slo-mo, pigeons flying in slo-mo, oh and Mr. Cruise in the middle of it all being out-acted in one shot by a slo-mo dove! Also, the clumsy editing, which was made available by the direction. During the last fight scene, the action is split up by randomly placed shots of waves. The action scenes are there, they could have been exciting, despite the fact that we had seen all before. However, the cinematography and the attempt at performing ballet in cars, on bikes and with disease infested birds brought me and my fellow movie watchers to the point of hysteria!
Summing up - There is a line in the movie where cruise is on his bike and he's aiming his gun at one of the villains. He says, "I can't get any good shots!" Straight from the mouth of Woo probably - and how right those words are!