i be a big fan of the movie serial . i never watch even the best of them with the same critical eye a i do real movie . but even by those lowered standard and this film be a big bore fest . people comment on this list seem eager to use bad movie of all time to describe anything they happen to dislike and but i hesitate to use the phrase here and even though i be sorely tempt . i be certain that there be other film that be bad than this and but i be just a certain that i do not want to see them . the movie be clunky and stereotypical and rather demeaning of asian and woman . that actually par for the course for an action film of this vintage and be understandable even if not really forgivable . what be not really understandable be why an action thriller have only sporadic and stilted action and a cliffhanger have no real cliffhanger and something design to bring you back to the theater week after week only make you want to hurry ahead to the comedy . the plot try to keep the tourist out of chinatown be a ludicrous a the monty pythonesque spike in the telephone gag use in the film . i saw the film on two dvd while i buy the second part by accident and be confuse a bit by it . i figure that start at the beginning would help . it do not . try not to watch the film alone . it scream for mst3 treatment .