A Good Action Film

Rating: 7/10 (17 July 2005)

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this film anywhere near as much as I did. The story of the Navajo is handled surprisingly well, particularly given Hollywood's past record. The plot and the inter-personal relationships were also believable (with the possible exception of cage's character who seems to achieve far too many things, single handed, leading every charge and killing every Jap, though to an extent this just the driven personality of his character but to me it was still OTT). What actually ended up being the most noticeably unrealistic thing for me was john woo's habit of using overly powerful explosions. All in all though a good film for the genre.