What a great surprise!

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2003)

I only saw this film because my local Warner Village had both 8 Mile and Gangs of New York sold out. I wasn't looking forward to it at all after seeing the trailer - the footage of Statham deflecting a missile with a tray looked especially awful.
Thankfully to my surprise, the film was amazing! It had both me and those that also reluctantly saw it with me in a complete state of shock. Statham was excellent (unlike his performance in The One) and the chemistry between him and Shu Qi's character (I always knew her as Hsu Chi) was both amusing and heart warming when appropriate.
The action scenes were fantastic, Statham carried them very well and the editing was not too noticeable. I would even go as far as saying that the scenes were better than previous films that Corey Yuen has worked on with Jet Li. Although it goes without saying, that when Li is used correctly he is phenomenal...
I highly recommend this film - great fun!