I've fallen into the habit of renting just about every movie featuring Jet Li that I can get my hands on. I was in something of a bad mood when I watched this movie, so perhaps much of its potential charms were lost on me.
This movie appears to have been heavily influenced by North American action movies, with some rather impressive stunts, and the usual explosions and gunplay. Which is a shame, since the talent of Jet Li and Jacky Cheung find themselves underused. The attempts at humor fell flat as far as I was concerned.
I was also rather annoyed by the low quality of the dubbing. I would have preferred subtitles. Still, I'm making this movie sound worse than it really is. And I don't believe I've ever seen (WARNING: MILD SPOILER) an helicopter crashing into a building with such detail!
This movie appears to have been heavily influenced by North American action movies, with some rather impressive stunts, and the usual explosions and gunplay. Which is a shame, since the talent of Jet Li and Jacky Cheung find themselves underused. The attempts at humor fell flat as far as I was concerned.
I was also rather annoyed by the low quality of the dubbing. I would have preferred subtitles. Still, I'm making this movie sound worse than it really is. And I don't believe I've ever seen (WARNING: MILD SPOILER) an helicopter crashing into a building with such detail!