: Portrayed the villainous Febre , providing the film's most intense, if campy, antagonistic energy.
Director Peter Hyams, who also served as his own cinematographer, was criticized for shooting the film so darkly that it was often difficult to see the action, a complaint similar to his previous work on The Relic . Key Cast and Roles
Reviewers often note that the movie feels as though it went "straight from a first draft to the screen" without the necessary refinement to make the character choices or plot logic hold up.
The film's primary hook was its choreography by Xin-Xin Xiong, designed to bring a Wuxia-inspired, high-flying energy to French swashbuckling.