Foley delivers a few moments of tension and suspense as the kidnapping plot kicks into gear, but it's clear he has little interest in revisiting
the superior genre efforts of his long - ago youth as a director.
The lack of half - naked men aside, it's impossible not to see what a
superior, rewarding
effort Dragon's Crown turned out to be — it looks great, it feels great, it's smart and deep, and it utterly revitalizes a
genre that went stale years ago.