Good ol' fashioned Hollywood action movie

Rating: Null/10 (29 March 2002)

First things first: this is one shallow movie - but it knows it. The eye-candy cast, thumping music and racing glamour all follow the basic rules of pulling in the punters, but it's none the worse for it. The director has managed to bring out the street ambience of the setting, the dialogue is functional without being especially memorable and the plot is surprisingly tense at times. Realism quite clearly goes out the window within the first few scenes, but is hardly worse than most action movies. Some may find it all too familiar, but ultimately there's no denying the enjoyment value.