Very, very silly

Rating: 2/10 (8 January 2001)

I sat through this constantly expecting the apparently ludicrous plot to resolve itself in something approaching a sensible way. Oh how wrong I was. There are obviously many sillier films out there (Battlefield Earth, for one) but none that I've seem that take themselves quite so seriously as "art". This certainly isn't that - it's adolescent nonsense, which is great if that's what you want, but if you want the type of film that this claims to be (popular genre but serious, grown-up content beautifully shot)then go and see "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"instead.