It's been a busy couple of days at our delivery office as the backlog of mail from various strikes hits. My feet hurt...but not as much as my brain after watching "Cradle 2 The Grave" (2003). Yes, nothing much on telly so I endured this cliched hunk of Hollywood hokum. The sort of film where characters like Tom Arnold's weapons dealer introduces a tank early on in the film and you just know it's gonna be used in the final showdown with the villainous villains at the climax of the film.
I kinda feel sorry for Jet Li. Jackie Chan had the problem of trying to fill Bruce Lee's espadrilles which he overcome by incorporating comedy and mad stunts. What can Jet offer that's new to the martial arts genre? Well, in this effort, sadly nothing. Li is a very talented martial artist who has been let down by poor action direction and, though not so important in kung fu flicks, bad scripts. You can get by with the latter as long as the former is jaw-dropping enough. Just ask Tony Jaa! It seems that 'Action Direction' now seems to involve just getting as many cuts into the shortest amount of time rather than choreographing larger, more fluid scenes.
Aside from Jet Li, let's not dwell too long on DMX's performance either, which was neither convincing or compelling...add one annoying child, a posse of improbable bank robbers (one comic, one sexy and one wannabe) and the aforementioed Arnold character who seems to be able to procure any weapon short of a nuclear device (maybe if you asked nicely, he could sort you one) and you've got something that resembles any other slice of action picture from the last twenty years or so.
I gave up half way through and started playing my DS. I wanted to rewatch 'The Beyond' or something similar but the wife hates scary movies so I was shit outta luck on that score. But which movie terrifies me the most?
I'm not sure....
:D
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