1/5 Shockingly bad.
  by raoul-sam daruwala (ny, ny)
There's no way you want to watch this movie. Not in a million years.

If you were on the crew, feel free to hang your head in shame.

3/5 I wonder how many cars where blown-up in this?
  by Jim Gateley (Sunnyvale, CA)
3 of 5 stars for this action movie. The movie opens with a child kidnapping and a chase of the kidnapper (Lucy Liu). Later an expert (Antonio Banderas) is brought-in to find the kid and get the kidnapper. The bulk of the movie is a cat-and-mouse between these two. OK, let me explain that cat-and-mouse in this case means massive explosions, vast amounts of ammo expended, lots of cars and stuff blown-up. Lots and lots of action and explosions and shooting!

Later in the movie certain character connections are exposed and relations change, the cat-and-mouse team-up to go after the real bad-guy in the movie. Oh, add lots more action and explosions including most of a train yard getting blown-up.

So why three stars? Well, usually I really like Liu and Banderas. In this movie, both characters were really thin and hard to connect with. In fact, in the whole movie every character is thin/shallow and not likeable. Heck, even the kidnapped kid had no personality. So, if you are into characters, this ain't your movie.

If you want an easy on your brain blow-it-up/shoot-it-up movie, this is for you!

4/5 Get Over Yourself
  by Stephany Middlebrooks (Detroit, MI)
Ok...I saw this movie for the first time almost 5 years ago, and due to the fact that I like action in a movie it was enjoyable. In my opinion its pointless to say so many horrible things about a movie when you could have read the reviews and plotline prior to watching and/or purchasing the movie. I would suggest this movie only if you like action movies or if you are a fan of lucy lui (she kicked butt in this one). Don't fully take my word for it past your own judgement. Try renting it before buying it.

5/5 They need to make more movies like this...
  by phoong dan (International)
I watched this movie back when it first came out and used to have a framed poster of it hanging in my old apartment. I recently re-watched the movie on cable and enjoyed it again! I think I know why this movie got so many bad reviews and it has nothing to do with too simple of a story line. Really? That's the complaint? An action movie with a simplified story line...surely there have never been any of those before! No, I think many people didn't like this because of the casting. You have a male Latin lead with an Asian female lead, and "the white guys" are the bad guys. That's why people didn't like this movie. There were some great action scenes in this film, a great soundtrack, charismatic actors and a story line that didn't get in the way of the action. This was a great film, and they should cast more in a similar manner.



5/5 me
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this movie was good to me. i don't understand why it was bad to so many i guess my taste is simple. LIKE I SAY I ENJOY THE ACTORS IN IT AND THE PLOT
OF THE MOVIE