This is an average film. It looks OK and it moves fast enough to leap over the gaping holes in the derivative narrative but that is about it. It wants to be another 'Matrix' crossed with 'Highlander' but fails to have the impact of either.
Jet Li anyway does not need special effects and CGI. Fighting himself in the film is unfortunately a very thin gimmick. Mr Li's 'Kiss of the Dragon' is far better because it is just him taking on the bad guys, in the raw. His tremendous skills don't need any added extras. We don't watch Jet Li films for the explosions or the FX. His acting in English improves all the time which is good to see. The quality of his films vary a lot these days but the man is still more watchable than most actors, east or west.
Delroy Lindo is solid as usual. Carla Gugino was pretty good in a slight role. The rest of the cast are bland. The music is the usual noisy mish-mash that make up a contemporary movie score.
Jet Li anyway does not need special effects and CGI. Fighting himself in the film is unfortunately a very thin gimmick. Mr Li's 'Kiss of the Dragon' is far better because it is just him taking on the bad guys, in the raw. His tremendous skills don't need any added extras. We don't watch Jet Li films for the explosions or the FX. His acting in English improves all the time which is good to see. The quality of his films vary a lot these days but the man is still more watchable than most actors, east or west.
Delroy Lindo is solid as usual. Carla Gugino was pretty good in a slight role. The rest of the cast are bland. The music is the usual noisy mish-mash that make up a contemporary movie score.