Painful

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2000)

The subject above is more than enough of a review...
I went into this movie intent on forming my own opinions after months and months of hype by the studio. Boy was I disappointed.
The film was excruciatingly slow, predictable, cliche, and poorly acted by Willis. In reading these reviews, I shudder to think what the other authors are thinking when they proclaim it to be the best of the year and a masterpiece. Hardly.
With all the attention this film received, I was expecting better. Perhaps it appeals to 30-something fanboys of comic books, but not the serious cinema affectionado or film afficianado.
I won't even recommend it for video - skip it, you'll be better for it.