Bad Wooden Acting - Weak Script - Boring kung-fu Disaster

Rating: 1/10 (15 May 2003)

While it's not quite a Phantom Menace Disaster, the film is a major disappointment. The group I was with all agreed that the movie isn't worth watching again, let alone owning it on DVD. The plot/script is weak and plods along, Keanu has no emotion and has limited acting range, Fishburne is surprisingly mediocre after being decent in the original. Carrie-Ann Moss gives the 3rd mediocre performance, absolutely no chemistry with Keanu. The scene where she's supposed to get upset about Keanu locks lips with another woman is totally unconvincing. The kung-fu action sequences should be boring to anyone over 18 years old. To anyone younger, they'll get repetitive real quick. You could feel that they were just an excuse to show off some CGI but the writers/producers dragged the sequences on forever, totally overblown and you know exactly how they're gonna end.
As far as the highway scene, I enjoyed the highway scene in Final Destination 2 much more. This one just dragged.
The overall directing was disappointing, it just had a sterile feel.
The only thing worth watching was the frenchman and his unique pie concoction. :)
The brothers just blew more things up, had more kung-fu action sequences where you know exactly how they're gonna end and used a simplistic plot.
The average episode of '24' blows this kung-fu paperthin entry out of the water. Save your cash and catch the movie 'Spun' when it opens soon. The directing in that blows Matrix Reloaded out of the water. Mickey Rourke is pretty cool as the drug chemist.