Crap

Rating: 1/10 (29 October 2006)

I was surprised by the 8.5 points received by this film. 6 of us went to watch this film and none of us liked it. Considering my other 5 friends have watched the original Hong Kong version, this one is sadly not up to standard. The acting part is excellent, especially Leonardo DiCaprio. I could almost feel his struggle sipping through the silver screen. I haven't watched the Hong Kong version yet and I felt asleep in the middle of the film. This is profoundly related to the weak and insensible sound effect, plateau of the plot (the Hollywood version is subtly different than the Hong Kong one), as well as the abuse of indecent language. All that is enough to spoil the whole image. Last but not least this is the worst cinematography and editing I have ever experience in watching a mega-budgeted film. Cuts from scene to scene are rough and disturbing. From another perspective, the $10 I paid is worthwhile for the good sleep in a cinema's padded chair.