Great movie, if you don't expect much...

Rating: 7/10 (17 August 2000)

To tell you the truth, I did not go to see this movie expecting to walk out of there with the answers to the world's mysteries. Nor did I expect it to be another Schindler's List or Shawshank Redemption. I expected this to be an action movie, with lots of stunts, exaggerated sequences, explosions and cool gadgets, and this is exactly what I got. Director John Woo did an excellent job, although I got a little tired of his trademark slow-motion takes. And the music was superb! Some of the stunts were hard to believe, and I definitely said: "yeah, right". But then, you I found myself thinking: "that was cool!". Just what I went to the theater for.