I actually posted my thoughts on this in the "bad movies" section, which should suggest my overall thoughts a bit.
While on the whole I enjoyed the film (it sounds like a bit more than you did), I agree with just about everything in your entire review. I even suggested the same amount of footage (about a half hour, especially that hopeless bit of Tarantino-riffing which comes out of no where) be cut from the middle. I also thought the action scenes were very well handled, and I REALLY thought there should have been one more major set piece in the centre of the film. Oh well.
So all in all, I guess great minds think alike huh?
Good review.