Worthless

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2001)

I have tried to comment on this film, but for some reason the comments were never accepted. This time I'll be brief.
It saddens me that what could have been a great series of movies, starting out with de Palmas excellent first a few years ago, has quickly been spoiled by being handed to the least suitable director. John Woo has, if nothing else, proven that with a child's mind, anything can be made cheap, lousy and lame action of the kind one hoped never would rise above talents like van Damne and Lundgren. There is nothing special or original in this movie, just remakes (or rather parodies) of the ol' classic action themes. But what is worse is that Woo manages to add an incredible amount of cheesiness to his 2-hour slow-motion action ballets. White doves appear out of nowhere and some parts of the dialogue could be used as doormats at a kindergarten.
Lousy, awful, tragic. That's all I have to say.