here we have get an intelligent mixture of typical hongkongmovieshootouts and worlddestructionthemes and intelligent filmmaking . not that the script have not it big hole and a few specialeffects be a bit cheaplooking . but the cinematography be a optical treat and the soundtrack be first rate . the blend of fast actionsequences and colorful slow and sometimes nearly poetic part and have no comparison in it kind of movie and so a classification be rather hard . the close genre be a disaster or terroristmovie with deep human and political note than usual . well worth to be see worldwide in cinema . but i be hop this for so many other ( mostly asian ) movie before and nobody seem to believe me . unfortunately .