I was really prepared to hate this movie, in much the same way as I hated ROMEO MUST DIE, but I didn't. I was surprised. The two films share very similar story lines, even very similar scenes, but this is a lot more fun. Fun because the comedy isn't so forced here, it seems natural, so that even Anthony Anderson is amusing in a fair few moments. Tom Arnold is on top form and really adds to the movie with his jokes and playing to the audience. The plot is preposterous as we expect, you can't take it seriously for an instant, so the film-makers decide to have some fun with everything. There are some truly extravagant action sequences, including a race through the streets on a four-wheel quad bike with the cops and an angry biker in hot pursuit! Fantastic stuff, and tremendously exciting in places if you suspend your disbelief.There are quite a lot of non-entities in the cast, and a few bad actors here and there; it feels like an ensemble piece. Gabrielle Union supplies eye candy and nothing else with a terrible performance in a terribly-written role. DMX is a surprising improvement over his previous turns and actually convinces as a father this time around. Jet Li is fairly morose and silent, but he does manage to kick a lot of ass in invariably cool, entertaining ways. The scene in the cage in which he battles dozens of top fighters is absolutely wicked, violent and a real highlight. The over the top ending (involving a tank, a helicopter, heavy weaponry and some guy dissolving) is also a lot of fun, especially the fight scene between Li and Mark Dacascos (also on top form here). My only complaint is the way they kept cutting to other boringly predictable fights, dragging the emphasis away from the cool Li vs. Dacascos showdown.

This is an interesting short thrilling film of Jet li.Story is about a Taiwan cop and a small time thief who join hands to find extraordinary gems after which many people are, including an international criminal, who has taken the thief's daughter as hostage.The story line is fast paced, action scenes are good, Jet li's karate work is awesome, many of the stunts are well taken. Jet li and DMX are the best actors.But some of the stuff is highly exaggerated, like a helicopter bursting mid air, and a man emerging from that unscathed. also the film has few explicit scenes.Jet li fans will like it.

Yes, you heard it right. A movie with Jet Li, DMX, and Tom Arnold. And yes, of the three, Tom Arnold was the worst. He tried to be funny, but sometimes he just didn't fit in - just like Christ Rock in Lethal Weapon 4.The premise is simple. A new 'stone" stored in a bank vault is a new sort of way to carry nuclear material. One group accidentally runs across it while in a heist, another tries to kill for it, and Jet Li tries to stop them both.Problem when thinking about this movie was that: nuclear material, no matter how sophisticated it is made, will still give off nuclear radiation. Yet, it is treated almost like any other valuable rock with almost no safety precautions.Then there is the dumb ending, with Jet Li taking the rocks and a non-conclusion on all the robberies by DMX and his crew. Fortunately, Jet Li is a good actor and an even better action star, so he good to keep the action nice. But everything else was average at best. "C+"

This film, in my opinion was disappointing on several scores. The storyline, incredibly weak, almost unfeasible, that gets blown out of proportion. It starts with a fairly reasonable plot: A jewel theft, being tailed by a Taiwan government agent, but gradually evolves into the typical good vs evil, Jet Li and Dmx saving the world from mass destruction. That is what I found so disappointing. Furthermore Jet Li's role as Su, was very two-dimensional, he never said much, or viced an opinion. In fact how much do we actually no about Su? Except he has a daughter!? I found Dmx's role equally as dull. The entire film was packed with clichés and stereotypes, it lacked originality and everything was so predictable. The crime lord in prison has a luxuriously appointed prison cell- was that a subtle way of suggesting his power and influence? Whether it was or not it was unreal... There were several car chases, Dmx managed to make a miraculous escape from a dozen police cars, a helicopter and some bloke on a motorbike... He can also walk twenty feet up walks... even his name "fait" was to stereotyped...The Villain, Ling, was again a "seen-it-all" before disappointment, a man who boasts danger, a martial arts expert, that actually does very little. As far as characters were considered, nothing leaped out.On a more positive note the choreography was refreshing. Jet Li delivered some impressive fighting sequences, particularly the cage-fight, against about fifteen UFC wrestlers and a midget. His stealthy sleek martial-arts style of Wushu is neatly incorporates itself with other fighting styles. Jet Li tends to use the oppositions attack to his advantage, as well as being able to dodge any attack without moving his feet. There is no denying is skill as a master of his art, and despite everybody saying in the street he couldn't do anything, I wouldn't be so sure. Watch Kiss of the Dragon, to show how he can effectively use martial arts in a more street-orientated environment. Sadly, the film is let down by more unrealistic matters, trivial little details that tell you this film cant be taken seriously. For example: Daria, went fighting Kelly-Hu, gets kicked punched and ragged around. But she defeats her enemy by some very fancy arm movement and a machine gun. Surely the director could have come up with something more imaginative than that, as well as not having a scratch on her. But the film really surpassed the realms of reality when Ling, is in a helicopter, the helicopter gets shot by a cannon, it crashes to the ground and explodes to smithereens. But remarkably Ling climbs out of the helicopter without so much as a mark on him. I understand that this is film, but I like reality based films, that have believable and conceivable plots. Don't get me wrong, this film isn't bad, it boasts good action, good choreography and a marginally feasible plot. However, a preempted warning, this film as its flaws, that leaves you wandering. I rated this film 5 out 10: five because of the imaginative choreography, but five off for the rest of it...