Broken Arrow

Tremendously stupid action film. Comicstrip-like characters and imbecilic dialogues. Laughably absurd action sequences, in some of which a mere female desert ranger is better skilled in fighting than James Bond and Conan the Barbarian combined. Travolta overplays his bad-guy role in a most ludicrous way. Just the way he holds a cigarette and smokes is annoying to watch; he can't even handle a cigarette without overacting. One moronic scene follows another in this stupendous mess. John Woo is an awful director; a mindless oaf who makes love to the camera, but wipes his behind with the scripts (much like De Palma, though unlike Woo, he has made some great mob pictures in-between all his rubbish thrillers). If action is all that Woo can do - and this seems to be the case - then he is a nothing director. Still, if you think THIS is dumb, try watching "Face/Off". If you'd like to read my "biographies" of Travolta, Slater, and other Hollywood morons, contact me by e-mail.