Don't get me wrong, Extreme Crisis is a bad movie, with a very "American" approach to action scenes; that is, instead of 4-6 lengthy action scenes throughout, as in the "good old days," you get an explosion or two bad guys dying every ten or fifteen minutes. Most of the English dialogue and delivery is totally stilted and unnatural, though the Japanese villain does well enough. Hsu Chi's character serves no purpose at all, other than to drive a car while Cheung Chi-Lam jumps from it. Teresa Lee is nearly as wasted. As everyone mentions, the score is lousy, basically repeating the same faux-bombastic theme throughout. On the other hand, the effects are really pretty good, and hold their own with 2000's crop of US-wannabes. The action is fairly well-done, and very excessive and violent; unfortunately, probably 5-10 times as many innocents are killed as villains, and that's not much fun. Sometimes, though, the callous lack of regard for human life on display can only be laughed at, as in the following exchange:

Villain: Give me back my gun. Please give me back my gun.

Simpering underling: (Gives back gun)

Villain: (Shoots him)

Ha ha ha! Well, I guess you had to be there. But really, it's the laughs like this, on top of a handful of nice action bits, that make this at least fun to watch, if not a movie that I'd actually offer up as an example of what makes HK cinema great.