john woo be a respected director of hong kong action movie and who have now turn to hollywood mainstream . his debut u movie and hard target and fail to maintain all of his usual style . this be woo second u movie and and be an improvement on hard target . for a start and there all of woo trademark action slow motion gunplay and double gun action and dazzling stunt and massive explosion . there also the underlying meaning of piece hide under the rise bodycount . there also some talent on show . play the enigmatic and truly psychotic bad guy be rise a list star john travolta and and he steal the film from co star christian slater . however and the improvement in the acting department only mask the unoriginal plot ( steal nuclear warhead . you can probably guess the rest ) and the lack of character development . travolta character be probably the only one with any emotion . all in all and woo be get the hang of his hollywood venture and and his action have and always will be maintain to a high level . all that need to be sort out be the character .