An average movie

Wayne Wang is not really a famous director nowadays but I have a weak spot for him so when I got the chance, I always check his movies. Apparently, it was the first movie he made which was not focusing on the Asian community living in America and, to be honest, it wasn't really good and probably the weakest movie made by Wang I have seen so far (Yeah, it was even worse than 'Maid in Manhattan'...). Apparently, even Wayne Wang himself wasn't satisfied by the end result and tried to get his name off the picture after getting some creative interference from the producers. Indeed, the story was really unnecessary messy and I really had a hard time making out the genre of this movie. Was it a comedy? Was it a thriller? Was it a neo-film noir? This movie had some serious identity issue and I really had a hard time to care about the whole thing. I mean, the main character was actually rather interesting and Tom Hulce (the guy who played Mozart in 'Amadeus' just a few years before) gave a decent performance. But like I said before, the plot was neither entertaining or interesting and I was bored during most of the duration. Anyway, to conclude, even though I have seen worse, it was still pretty damned average and I don't think it is really worth a look.

5/10