never mind the matrix and the influx of jackie chan and jet li film . as far a martial art film go this still have the best fight sequence outside of hong kong . the fight be amaze and capture the essence of hong kong chop socky flick . merely have great fight wouldn not be enough and this have quality in term of look and sound that a lot of hong kong film do not and it be minus the cheesy dubbing . what it also add be a genuinely funny and if wafer thin script . it be of course just a series of event that give excuse for elaborate fight scene . mark dacascos star in the lead and really show his stuff . he move like a cat and and really shine in the fight . the version you have to see of this film be the director cut and the studio completely hack away any sort of plot or character development . in the studio version we see toby wong ( dacascos ) a merely a mercenary and but wang cut give far more insight into his motif and give the character an extra dimension . we get the chance to see dacasco act ability as well . he show that he be an action star with more talent than most on all level . you compare him to big money earner like arnie and van damme and seagal and he can out act them all as well a be even more impressive with the physical acting . kadeem hardison co star a malik and who be initially wang hostage but they turn out to be best bud and cliché yes and but hey this be an action movie . kadeem be hilarious and most of his line be ad libbed and you can see the other actor try not to burst into laughter . also brittany murphy be a scream a deliverance a rather wacky motel owner and who be extremely randy and have the hots for malik . the three of them together have amazing chemistry and it really add to the humour . john pyper ferguson be also very funny a one of the bad guy . he come out with some great line and and also some hilariously cheesy line such a ` look it my favourite cheese eating and dick monkey what . the film be pure mindless escapism and it fast and it funny and there genuine chemistry there and and to hell with plot in a film like this and which feature some jaw drop fight scene . overall this be an action classic to savour . positive .