Great effects vs. great plot holes

Rating: 7/10 (5 April 1999)

Don't get me wrong. This is a great guy flick and I like guy films as much as the next guy. The Wachowski Brothers do a remarkable job combining sfx with kung-fu and 8mms. The premise even creeped me out (and that's good!). My main problem was these glaring plot holes. In order to turn this film into a Blade Runner type classic sci-fi film, the filmmakers would have had to not give in to the Hollywood mentality that movies must end on a hopeful note, heroes must win, etc.
The movie's ending left a very bad taste in my mouth (kind of like battery acid). Too bad because I liked all the sfx and fights. Cool stuff. My ending is not the kind of ending to pull in audiences, but it certainly would have been more honest. If the producers had been honest with us and themselves, I would probably given the film another point or two.