ruhmin8

First, I'm not a movie critic and I don't pretend to write like one. Awesome stunt riders on the police K-bikes! Riding those at speed on wet cobblestones takes a lot of skill. Would like to see a race between this Mini and Steve McQueen's Bullitt Mustang someday. Okay, I'll shut up about the chase scene now. The rest was pretty good, too. If you want the intellectual read on this check out somebody else's comments.

The essential hero tale is universal. This story, although ostensibly about a man converting raw talent into a winning cricket team, weaves many rich subplots into its texture including the issue of caste division. I could not help referencing my understanding of the story to other, more Western, movies like Major League (obvious there), Oklahoma ( a Curly - like character tries to sabotage things due to jealousy), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (the music in places) and, of course, The Seven Samurai/Magnificent Seven (a "warrior" tries to recruit eleven men to fight for a village). The actors and actresses, though probably not well known in the US, carry out their roles with consummate skill. I would hope to see them in other films as well.

Every small part expertly played. Bruce Willis is always the same character, but, hey, so is Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, etc. Chris Tucker carries a lot of the comedic element, playing off Willis's straight man. Gary Oldman plays with the evil role as well. And the supreme being - wow - Milla Jojovich seems to be, indeed! She does a great fight scene that I think is one of her better moments in the film.