Too tough!
That's right... Donnie Yen was too tough. I watched him on SPL. He was ok. With this movie, he was extreme. The action and the moves were over the top but extremely enjoyable. Donnie Yen's acting was what held back my thumbs from going way up. I assume the problem is that, when they wrote the script for this movie, Yen had that character in mind. It wouldn't have hurt the production if they softened him up a little; make his character more human and multi-dimensional so that viewers will be able to relate to him. He was like The Terminator in this movie! No weaknesses, he doesn't get hurt, he just keeps going with no signs of slowing down! And his expression remained the same all throughout the movie (What's with the furrowed brows, man? Lighten up!) Should've taken cues from DIE HARD. Would've been more palatable.