Spectacular!

Rating: Null/10 (5 April 1999)

I originally thought that this film was going to be yet another overrated action flick with nothing more than action scenes and special effects to make it interesting. But I actually liked this film a lot, which is interesting because I'm usually not impressed by action films. There are so many words that can be used to describe this film. Visually, this film can be described as a mixture of "Dark City", "Metropolis", a comic book, and a progressive music video, all with excellent action scenes, and some of the most outstanding and innovative special effects ever seen. The cinematography is remarkable. I liked the all-black clothes that the group of "hackers" wore. I especially liked seeing the character named Switch dressed in the white outfit while the others wore black--I thought it was a nice touch. I'm placing this film on my list of best action films, alongside "Die Hard" and "Ronin". I look forward to going to the theater and seeing this film again, which is not something I do unless I consider a film to be really good.