victor_66

I could have gave this film a better score but for the ending. It looks like it should have been on another film. This film in abundance had great effects, a great story and some good acting. With a blend of semi decent sci-fi and suspense its a good movie to watch and worth the admission money. Plenty of jumps and shocks but marred by the last 10 minutes but its still worth watching for the rest of the movie though. There's not many around at the minute but this is a decent Nicholas Cage film, unlike some of his more recent fares ie. National Treasure 2 and the Wicker Man. More importantly he seems to be getting to grips with his hair weave at last.

I've just watched this film and I dare anyone to say they didn't have a lump in their throat at the end. It is both beautiful and moving a real cinematic experience. The film starts off feeling a bit like a cross between Forest Gump and Big Fish but then moves into a class of its own. The only thing spoiling the film is the length, at nearly 3 hours it might drain your resolve but watch the end and you'll be duly rewarded. This definitely Oscar material. If it doesn't win something, even best makeup or visual effects you should feel robbed. Compared to some previous films that have done well this is well above the rest. I would have gave 10 out of 10 but the length spoils it.

At first glance this movie looked as though it was going to be another cheap and nasty effort from the Asian market. Boy was I wrong. After reading numerous different reviews on various sites I decided to watch the English dubbed version. There's not many movies on the scene to recently that will appeal to both kids and adults like this. After watching it myself I let the kids watch it and they were absolutely spellbound for ninety odd minutes. You got the whole thing in that short space of time slapstick martial arts action, humour and real tear jerking moments. Expect to go through every emotion because this is truly great. Enjoy it before the Americans remake it and destroy the beauty of it!