While no single contribution elevates “Weekend” above a disposable-entertainment level, all lend a confident surface shine that makes routine material seem better than it is -- at least for the length of time you’re watching it.

After all the stunts and chases and bloodshed, "Weekend in Taipei" is all about a wholesome sense of #family. Then again, you might forget what the movie was about as soon as it ends.

Weekend in Taipei loses its nonstop mojo near the end but there’s more than enough going on that make it worth a trip to theaters.

Weekend in Taipei has a mashup of action movie clichés and some cornball comedy. It's a lackluster and stiffly acted story about an American law agent who goes to Taipei and gets involved in the problems of his ex-lover and her corrupt husband.