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Review title: Is this really a John Woo film?
Product review: Although John Woo is listed as the director for this film, one wonders how much involvement he really had. With the exception of a few action sequences, this has "made for TV" written all over it and, in fact, in the US that's where it debuted. It's a loose remake of his 1991 Hong Kong film and was produced, on the cheap, in Vancouver. Nicholas Lea, best known for his character Krycek on the X-Files, must have done this between his appearances on that show which, at the time, was also filming in Vancouver. The DVD case says it's rated "R" but it's more along the lines of a "PG" film . . . lots of shooting but no blood. It's not a bad time waster, but it's just not very memorable. The ending sets it up for a TV series. This was originally a budget release from Simitar and now A-Pix. Besides some chapter breaks, the only extra that you get is a single frame of production credits. I paid just ... for this so I'm not complaining . . . too much.
