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Wow..what an effing let down. People are calling this the best action film of 2005. Well, I guess thatโ€™s not saying much because I canโ€™t remember any action films from last year. Anyway, I just saw this as part of NYCโ€™s Asian Film Festival. Itโ€™s been getting plenty of hype as the best thing since Old Boy but it in no way comes close. Actually I wonder if the filmsโ€™ shallowness is intentionalโ€ฆ perhaps it is and it is not coming across to someone who doesnโ€™t know the languageโ€ฆI have no idea. But it almost plays like that terrible flic Way of the Gunโ€ฆ remember that Benicio Del Toro piece of nothing? Just a non-stop shoot-out with no emotional grip what-so-ever. The shoot-outs just get boring after a while. Looks good but who cares.

You can pick up the DVD in Chinatown or on Ebay.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0456912/

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