A very entertaining fusion of genres

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2006)

A lot of the bad criticism of this movie is based along the lines of "it refuses to define itself" or "is it an actioner or is it a social commentary or what". I personally don't believe that these are valid criticisms. I had absolutely no issue whatsoever with the fact that this film assaults many themes at once. The action was great. The acting was very competent. The music was excellent. Some people point out plot holes, but at the end of the day we shouldn't really care.
This is the sort of film you can take any way you want - an actioner, a love story, a political message. Basically it has followed the recent trend of fusion in art amongst many other things, and I think in this case that it works well.
It does get a little confusing in places but if you pay enough attention then you should be able to get the general concept of what's happening. I heard Jonathan Ross really didn't care much for this movie - tough luck Wossie!