Lets face it any one who watches a movie featuring Luc besson and/or Jet Li watches it for constant thrill a minute action with a little bit of humour and some emotional moments (courtesy luc besson). No fan of either expects an epical action movie spanning over three hours and thousands of extras.
Keeping this in mind this movie is copy perfect movie from both the stars, lots of kung fu action, the usual drama involving the missfit of society with the slightest hint of love, this movie is signature work from both.
The rest of the cast plays their part Bridget Fonda looks lovely and carries of the role as "ex-junkie hooker, with a child" with an innocence that is quite endearing.Tchéky Karyo who has proved himself as a brilliant actor maintains his high standards.
The character artists are also again quite perfect which reminds me:-
although its hard to logically so many people doing Kung Fu in France Luc Besson has a brilliant scene in the film that justifies so many of the people knowing kung fu and also why the twin hit men did. This particular scene was also quite a lovable scene and another signaturish scene in the movie.
The Only Things thats going against the movie is the lack of a REALLY big action scene (something that we come to expect from luc) and the fact that Jet Li has not yet come around to playing his age (come on man if you look the age then play it, there is no reason you cannot be a action star who looks 35-40 p.s there is no hint of him acting young in this movie but its something occurred to me).
All in all a movie thats gives you exactly what you expect, short and sweet, a must watch for fans of luc and jet.
Keeping this in mind this movie is copy perfect movie from both the stars, lots of kung fu action, the usual drama involving the missfit of society with the slightest hint of love, this movie is signature work from both.
The rest of the cast plays their part Bridget Fonda looks lovely and carries of the role as "ex-junkie hooker, with a child" with an innocence that is quite endearing.Tchéky Karyo who has proved himself as a brilliant actor maintains his high standards.
The character artists are also again quite perfect which reminds me:-
although its hard to logically so many people doing Kung Fu in France Luc Besson has a brilliant scene in the film that justifies so many of the people knowing kung fu and also why the twin hit men did. This particular scene was also quite a lovable scene and another signaturish scene in the movie.
The Only Things thats going against the movie is the lack of a REALLY big action scene (something that we come to expect from luc) and the fact that Jet Li has not yet come around to playing his age (come on man if you look the age then play it, there is no reason you cannot be a action star who looks 35-40 p.s there is no hint of him acting young in this movie but its something occurred to me).
All in all a movie thats gives you exactly what you expect, short and sweet, a must watch for fans of luc and jet.