one get the feeling throughout there be nothing here but people go through the motion to collect a paycheck . there be some talented people work here ( john woo and john travolta and christian slater and samantha mathis ) and theyre all decent and but they be merely work in service of a standard story and and do not do anything to elevate it above standard . it say something that the only one who make an impression be frank whaley and who not on screen that long . but it must be say that without this film do so well and woo wouldn not have be able to make face or off and so that in it favor .