Good but could have been better

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2003)

This has to be one of the better action films to come out in recent times, though being a big Jason Statham fan myself I must admit it has brought my opinion of him down a notch or two. The action in this movie is great. Honestly I can't fault it. It's quick, ingenuitive and damn fun. Jason's heroic posturing definately crosses the line and makes it a little ridiculous. The score was very strange, and made some potentially beautiful scenes seem a little embarassing. I was literally blushing in the theatre so it's a good thing theatre's are dark.
The script could have been better by far. Jason is a good actor and I feel like his talents are wasted on this film. He didn't really play the unemotional fighting machine very well (a common problem these days which Lucy Liu is guilty of in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever). Some of the scenes in this film seem to be irrelevant and could have been replaced with something that fleshes out the plot, rather than having a storyline akin to an 80's action film.
Having said that, I still think it's a great action movie, although it had the potential to be something much more. It's fast, fun and furious. Go rent it.