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Don't bother with this one. The story is badly patched together, it doesn't even work as a video game. All of the top stars are in "let's get this one over with" mode. By the end I was hoping one of the bad guys would just shoot Statham's character instead of standing there pointing their gun at him and waiting for him to knock them cold.

The only way that a film like this could maintain interest is if the fight scenes showed some variety as the story goes along. This action director didn't seem to know what he was doing, and the endless, repetitive martial arts sequences seemed to be just filling time.

I always loved this film, and looking back at it from 2023 just astounds me at how well it saw into the void of life among the power brokers of Washington. Ronald Reagan was just ramping up his campaign as this film was released. The GOP would follow his act with George W. Bush, and then the ultimate empty suit, Donald Trump.

The way that everyone in the political media swarm tried to find the best label for the blank slate of Chauncey, without realizing just how blank the slate was, just resonates with the present day, although the more sinister aspects of the current political climate didn't make it into the mainly comical vision. Altogether, it's a bit depressing to think how much hasn't changed since those days.