Does this review contain spoilers? No - it can't really be spoiled any further.
I enjoy a martial arts flick as much as the next guy - I do Brazillian JJ, and little bits of other, striking, arts to keep my eye in. Admittedly, I suck at all of them, but not as much as this film. I used to think that Nicholas Cage was actually quite a reasonable actor, but just had a propensity to choose poor action parts - this film completely changed my views of Cage, and all the other planks in the cast who were going thru the motions for a pay-cheque. Awful acting, awful plot, awful effects - some reasonably gymnastic martial arts "tricking" failed to raise the standard of this dross above awful. It just kind of whimpers out of existence at the end. Too poor to even be comically entertaining.
I enjoy a martial arts flick as much as the next guy - I do Brazillian JJ, and little bits of other, striking, arts to keep my eye in. Admittedly, I suck at all of them, but not as much as this film. I used to think that Nicholas Cage was actually quite a reasonable actor, but just had a propensity to choose poor action parts - this film completely changed my views of Cage, and all the other planks in the cast who were going thru the motions for a pay-cheque. Awful acting, awful plot, awful effects - some reasonably gymnastic martial arts "tricking" failed to raise the standard of this dross above awful. It just kind of whimpers out of existence at the end. Too poor to even be comically entertaining.