This is a film where I want to ask the leading actors how embarrassed they felt when they watched it for the first time.The problem of the film is that it seems to be made only by the stunt and pyrotechnic department. The story telling is so bad that for the first half of the film it seems that there is no story at all. The film tries to be clever and unfolds the story late. But at that point it became so boring that it was hard to stay interested. The script is just bad.If someone likes a bunch of action scenes, great. But no action film works without a good story and a good rhythm to tell this story. However, even the action sequences are destroyed by awful music. Most of the time I thought: Why am I watching this? What is the purpose of this scene or this motorcycle chase? This is a film nobody has to see. A film full of action but without any thrill or excitement. There is no storytelling, no real filmmaking. It lacks the heart of a good film.PSSome people say that this is an action movie and therefore delivers what we can expect. But it is a poor action movie. As for the actors, there is no room to shine and to give the characters some depth. One could ask if they actually has a script and a plot or just a collection of action film stereotypes to run through.

Ah, I know, it doesn't entirely spell chaos, but a viewing of this might lead you to serious consideration that it should. Where to begin? Well, there is one interesting and noteworthy thing to this: One particular stunt, which I'm not sure has been seen elsewhere. Apart from that... oh dear. You know those movies where you're just thinking "how on Earth did this get made"? Not so with this one. I know why it was done, because it's actually got a concept or two that could be amazing, if someone with talent had been handling it. No, we're looking at wasted potential, and so much of it you have to be astounded that they managed to fit it all into one 90-minute package of crap. In case you have heard a description of the music herein: Yes, it's awesome, and completely fitting for a flick of this type, however, every single piece is ruined and misused(is it too much to ask for that they at least *try* to make what happens on-screen follow the tunes?). In fact, all of the editing is pretty bad(have you ever wondered how one would go about messing up *flashbacks*, on the very basic level? Look no further). The plot has silly twists and doesn't all make sense... honestly, this whole thing is powerfully unengaging. Thus, not even the action gets the audience going, in spite of it not sucking all of the time. It is over the top once or twice, and someone needs to teach whoever put all those explosions in this thing the meaning of the saying "less is more". The martial arts are fairly cool, save for a couple of clumsy moves, and a general tendency to film it in what may be the lousiest way imaginable. Acting is nothing special, then again, they had nothing to work with. The DVD holds interviews(all four are brief and not that worthwhile) with Banderas, Liu, Soto and Park(best thing about this, in my opinion), trailers(...no, they're not the exact same, I swear) and something called "B roll", consisting of a behind-the-scenes style look at footage being shot, and it's... cut? No, that's not it... "thrown", that's it... together casually. I recommend this... hm... I don't know... to people I don't like, maybe. 1/10

I'm not entirely how to say this while staying civil, but don't waste your time and the two dollars you'll spend getting ahold of this utter piece of bat feces. Let's face it. A director named 'Kaos' is bound to make bad movies, if only because the man makes no sense. Filled with lines which make no sense, actions scenes which make you feel like you're watching 18-20 old women beat each other with their purses and vacuum cleaners in slow motion, you'll spend more time going to the bathroom, getting snacks, and doing other things than actually watching this, checking back every 20 minutes to see if the plot actually progresses (which, I'm sad to say, doesn't). It cost me two dollars and and hour of my life. Antonio Benderez, I want that money and time back. Now.

This film could've been the Action blockbuster of the 2002 summer, but it's sloppy music video-style editing, stunts and very "oddball" script just ruined the idea of a successful film. Franchise Pictures should go out of business because they used the same money-making ploy on BATTLEFIELD EARTH ( don't get me talking about that film) where they had a convincing cast, a good-looking movie trailer, etc. and then the plot just has a couple of things go wrong and then the movie just gives up and goes downhill.You guys have probably already caught part of it on late-night cable, but didn't know what it was called and didn't care to after seeing such a weird movie. If this had been made in Hong Kong ( seeming how their action films always have huge plot holes, but yet no one complains about that ), then it would've had interesting characters and insane stunts, but that's just a dream. My problem was that the editing wasn't really good, there was an unnecessary sub-plot ( involving a "believed-to-be-dead" wife and son ) as well as too much odd humor/philosophy that you only see in these type of movies.Antonio Banderas ( who was in a similar, but way entertaining film known as "Assassins" ) and Lucy Liu ( "Kill Bill"; "Charlie's Angels" movies ) do good withwhat is given to them ( dialog, stunts, etc. ), but their characters will neverbe as memorable as other Asian characters like Inspector Tequila from "Hard-Boiled." And Lucy Liu isn't as physically durable as other Asian stars like Michelle Yeoh and all the fight scenes could have been choreographed by Yeun-Woo Ping ( "The Matrix" trilogy, etc. )Plus, the director Kaos is no John Woo. He over-uses the "slow-motion" effect to where it gets pretty old, real quickly. Directors Ridley and Tony Scott, Michael Bay, Antoine Fuqua, Robert Rodriguez and, even George Lucas, could have done a better job making the film flow along without it feeling repetitive like a video game ( which, ironically, this film film is loosely based on a little-known GameBoy game ).Also, whenever you use techno music, try not to have it play just randomly or take awhile to finish because that is just being lazy and sloppy. Kaos has it be in the back- ground during the fight scenes ( which are the only real highlight, but yet lack any real tension ), but has it change rapidly or way too instantly to where it's just unneeded.I'm being fair and honest when I say that I wasn't expecting anything new, but entertaining for 90 minutes; I even looked at all the bad reviews and laughed to myself because the critics act like they have never seen a film like this before ( Plus, nothing is worse then "Howard the Duck" ) and watched it on T.V. anyway. I wasn't expecting an "over-the-top"Jerry Bruckheimer and/or ultra-violent film. I just expected something decent.So watch this only if you like movies that have the usual clichés, have wooden characters/dialog and want a low-budget "Popcorn" film with pretty tight stunts.And why is this "Rated R"?? A thirteen-year old kid could handle this film 'no problem.'Also, the above 5/10 is just being generous because I think this might appeal to fans of music videos & this is far from the WORST movie out there.