A Brilliant Feat of Cinematic Achievement

Rating: Null/10 (18 May 2003)

I absolutely loved this film. It strove to be more than just an action film, and succeeded with flying colors. I cannot begin to comprehend how people can review this film as less than revolutionary in its marriage of philosophy and martial arts. The philosophy of it is mind-blowing, and is deep enough to suffice the film on its own, but also supports incredible visual ornamentation. Aside from the grand-scale fight scenes the film is rife with tiny moments of great action concepts, that is to say, just the quarter-second-long manner in which a character flips to his feet is the sort of thing that makes you smile. Ignore the nay-sayers. This is an incredible film.