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Summary: In the deadly game of international espionage, elite, anonymous operatives wage secret wars for power, information and national security. In a frantic race to obtain an ingenious new assassination device, only two individuals, sworn enemies, have the skill, talent and tenacity to succeed. (Warner Bros.)
This movie, I had thought, was going to be badass. It wasn't. It was retarded. I can't even imagine the type of people who would enjoy a movie like this.
No - it's not as bad as the critics say. But, no; it isn't at all good either. Lucy Liu and Antonio Banderas fire a lot of guns and blow a lot of things up in a script that doesn't make a lot of sense (why are the FBI in Canada?). Nevertheless, the fight scenes are relatively well done - and while Banderas is wasted, Lucy Liu kick-flipping her way around with a MATRIX knock-off trenchcoat is eminently amusing. Best watched drunk and with friends.
The principle problem is that the film is not Ecks Vs Sever. It's Ecks and Sever work together to achieve a mutually beneficial goal - the death of someone else, who we're never really clear on why he's a bad guy or what he wants. There's something about genetics which was apparently important in the last 45 seconds of the film. The fight scenes were like test footage of the Matrix without any of the CGI or quick editing done yet. And most damning of all - somehow they made explosions boring.
Ridiculous and insulting film. It tries on literally no level and insults the intelligence of every person who sees it. 7 points to the pyrotechnics team that had to probably put a lot of time info blowing a lot of things up.
Apart from one scene, which I call "Lucy Liu vs the Swat team," this movie is horrendous. That scene however is awesome, and if you like martial arts movies should rent it just for that. Fast forward to the fight scene though, the rest of it is simply dreadful.