One of the best films i have seen

Just perfect...

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

As far as I can remember today I have seen this movie for the first time on free-TV in my home country Germany and now I understand the reason. I guess the story is really well known: There is a hero named Os played by Billy Zane (yes, it is astonishingly true, that this truly second rate performer was allowed to play the opponent of Leonardo Di Caprio in the worldwide blockbuster "Titanic"), who concentrates some comrades-in-arms to rescue the world and the human race from the evil namely the demon Slate. This demon wants to destroy the whole world by using a very old, coded blackboard. His problem is that he is just in hold of one half of the board. The other half is owned by the before mentioned demon Os who is a former demon (what an interesting and funny coincidence that he is also a demon). So Os is the only one who is able to stop him. This hero, now has to build up his team that -what a big surprise- finally will win. We all had the possibility and luck to see many other movies about this issue in a much better way before. The unknown actors (now I also understand the reason for the fact of their anonymity) play halfhearted and just bad. Lousy effects, cruel actors, even worse screenplay. Apropos remembrance of this never wished for movie. You will definitely understand me as soon as you were afflicted with this sorry effort.

Having read the bad reviews prior to seeing this movie I was prepared to stop seeing it in case it became unbearable. Well it wasn't unbearable, of course it wasn't good either. It lies somewhere in the middle ground and it is saved by the fact that it presents a fairy tale.The acting isn't great since the characters are out of proportions and fail to present something believable. OK, so this is a fairy tale, you don't have to be sarcastic about it!!! I believe that the actors where quite distant from their roles since they were playing characters from a fairy tale. That isn't a prerequisite though...What I really enjoyed was the narration by Billy Zane's deep voice. It's a powerful element of the movie.It's a movie that you should only see if you can't find something better to rent and you are bored of searching through the selves!

Spoilers AheadWhen I saw the poster of an action flick with the names of Mel Gibson and Jet Li, I wanted to see the movie, and when I finally did, I was very disappointed. A plot that makes no sense, bad acting, and funny(in a bad way) scenes, like that Cd that was flying around like a razor blade, why would they use the Cd? they could've used their weapons. And why was that leader riding the bike while explaining the story? Since the warriors were all synchronized and stuff, they might as well be color coded. What's with the weird test? and why was the Asian guy about to get all funky with his sister? Is it just me or was there some major incest? I have no second thoughts about the one star rating that I gave this movie. And ending was hard to swallow, this evil guy wants to take over the world and they give a second chance after they have a knife fight? what did he mean by "He's human now"?

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILER INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED THIS MOVIE BEFORE First off I give this movie 10 out of 10 stars. I liked this movie the first time I saw it on TV. I watch it every chance I get. I like the graphics and how they are similar to the ones used in "The Matrix". It tells of four ordinary people who are offered a chance at new lives when their old ones would have led to bad ends. They are each an element of the earth and have to learn to use their powers in becoming protectors of life. They have to defeat the ones who would destroy all life by uniting their strengths and powers together.I liked watching how they learn to work together and learning about the characters life stories. I also think their supernatural powers are cool since they can do things with them.