I can't believe I'm the only person thought this was a self-indulgent piece of crap. John Woo is the HK equivalent of Oliver Stone when it comes to subtlety. The audience I saw it with was groaning all the way through. Non-stop cliches and over-acting. I originally thought there was no editor on this film, but it turns out it was John Woo himself...what a joke! I liked this film much better when it was originally released by Michael Cimino in 1978 as THE DEER HUNTER.