Out Peckinpahs Peckinpah

Rating: 6/10 (5 August 2002)

Sam Peckinpah has been out-Peckinpahed by Woo.The depiction of realistic violence was relentless. Unlike Peckinpah though, it was at the cost of what could have been a wonderful story. Even so Woo's sense of realism takes this movie out of the popcorn variety. But, it could have been so much better....if some of the budget spent on special effects had been spent on developing the plot and dialogue, what a movie we could have had!!
And here's a tip.....watch for Martin Henderson (who plays Nelly) as a comer
And you want some gripes??? First those extras/stuntmen who fling themselves backwards at explosions...wow!!! they really do fling don't they?...and the opportunities to fling were endless Second the ratio of Japanese killed to good guys killed....it seemed disproportionate...I guess our bullets worked and theirs didn't
But there was a saving grace...the cinematography was superb....