The story is decent enough and Jet Li is absolutely outstanding. But there are so many things which let this movie down.
First off let's begin with the location, Glasgow (Scotland)... all good in that department but there are no Scottish accents at all! A London Cockney accent from every villain to the shopkeeper. A Glaswegian accent would be perfect to add to any of the bad guy characters.
Then, Sam... Morgan Freeman as a blind piano repair guy with his stepdaughter who's teeth seem to be in more need of repair than the piano's according the the braces she donned. Sam was just too laid back and cool, seemingly knowing how to respond to Danny's silence and scared child reactions whenever he's faced with kindness.
Bob Hoskins, plays his part well as an un-likeable main villain, who seems to only (attempt) to have sex with paid sex workers back at the baddies hideout and when they (the ladies) see something as disturbing as Danny watching from his cage, or from seeing a few photos, they run a mile. Doesn't this guy have a home.
The secret fight club has promise but with only two visits which the second leads to a brilliant fight sequence, it's a shame this didn't offer more. Always a fight to the death is a tad too brutal, I mean where can you find quality fighters to smash it out every night!. The character playing the organiser of the underground fight club with his mysterious glare you'd think could've brought more to the movie as a villain in his own right.
Back to Jet Li, How does Danny, as a toddler taken from his murdered mum know martial arts? Why, if he's the prized asset does he get treated no better than a dog, especially as he's probably been with Bob for longer than any of his other dodgy employees who are all as young as him.
(Here comes a racial stereotype) Why does Danny have a Chinese accent if he's been in Glasgow since he was at least a toddler? Why does he not speak Cockney!
Sam wants to take Danny back to America, because as we all know it's easy to get a passport for a man who was kidnapped as a child and who would of faded off any legal system many years ago.
It's entertaining as much for all the holes in the movie as it is for the fight scene.
Jet Li is loveable, vulnerable, funny, shy, intelligent, fierce, scared and lost and does it all really well.
First off let's begin with the location, Glasgow (Scotland)... all good in that department but there are no Scottish accents at all! A London Cockney accent from every villain to the shopkeeper. A Glaswegian accent would be perfect to add to any of the bad guy characters.
Then, Sam... Morgan Freeman as a blind piano repair guy with his stepdaughter who's teeth seem to be in more need of repair than the piano's according the the braces she donned. Sam was just too laid back and cool, seemingly knowing how to respond to Danny's silence and scared child reactions whenever he's faced with kindness.
Bob Hoskins, plays his part well as an un-likeable main villain, who seems to only (attempt) to have sex with paid sex workers back at the baddies hideout and when they (the ladies) see something as disturbing as Danny watching from his cage, or from seeing a few photos, they run a mile. Doesn't this guy have a home.
The secret fight club has promise but with only two visits which the second leads to a brilliant fight sequence, it's a shame this didn't offer more. Always a fight to the death is a tad too brutal, I mean where can you find quality fighters to smash it out every night!. The character playing the organiser of the underground fight club with his mysterious glare you'd think could've brought more to the movie as a villain in his own right.
Back to Jet Li, How does Danny, as a toddler taken from his murdered mum know martial arts? Why, if he's the prized asset does he get treated no better than a dog, especially as he's probably been with Bob for longer than any of his other dodgy employees who are all as young as him.
(Here comes a racial stereotype) Why does Danny have a Chinese accent if he's been in Glasgow since he was at least a toddler? Why does he not speak Cockney!
Sam wants to take Danny back to America, because as we all know it's easy to get a passport for a man who was kidnapped as a child and who would of faded off any legal system many years ago.
It's entertaining as much for all the holes in the movie as it is for the fight scene.
Jet Li is loveable, vulnerable, funny, shy, intelligent, fierce, scared and lost and does it all really well.