Tiring plagiarism

Rating: 4/10 (26 May 2000)

I came out from this movie tired. It was like watching some monstrous crossing between The Killer, James Bond and The Matrix. John Woo's trademarks are no more a style signature, they're just a cheesy, tiring mannerism. The action scenes are directly imported from The Matrix - but without the excitement of discovery they are tiring, repetitive and gratuitously violent. The fast-slow-fast rhythm of the movie is predictable and tiring. The way Thandie Newton minces all around is tiring. The Scottish accents are tiring. The all too visible ads for Bulgari and Audi are tiring. The whole thing is one big tiring plagiarism, with too much deja vu. Yawn.