
War
2007, Action/Mystery and thriller, 1h 43m
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Jet Li and Jason Statham find themselves on opposing sides in the immensely boring War, which is full of clichés but short on action. Read critic reviews
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Rogue
Crawford
Chang
Kira
Benny
Dr. Sherman
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Critic Reviews for War
All Critics (60) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (52)
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May 13, 2009 | Rating: 1/5 -
A needlessly elaborate plot somewhat spoils the pairing of these martial-arts icons, but this sturdy B-movie thriller has enough style to overcome its formulaic trappings.
July 23, 2008 -
[A] routine crime thriller.
December 3, 2007 | Full Review… -
All together now: 'War! Hurgh! What is it it good for?'
October 2, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review… -
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
September 28, 2007 | Rating: 1/6 | Full Review… -
Li and Statham (and the audience) deserve better.
September 28, 2007 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for War
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Aug 03, 2015This film is considerably worse than I would've expected. And I know that the reviews were quite negative for this film, but I went into it with an open mind and expecting to see something that I may have enjoyed. And, color me surprised, when I found barely anything about this movie that I liked. I would've enjoyed the action if it wasn't edited by an epileptic. And it's not like I cared about the story enough to truly invest in it. The idea of the Triads vs Yakuza might seem like a good one, and it actually is, but I just found the execution to be severely lacking. Particularly when considering that the main 'narrative', so to speak, is all about the impending showdown between Crawford and Rogue. The entire war between the Triads and the Yakuza pretty much bogs all that down. The film starts off with Crawford searching for Rogue and getting involved in this batter between two criminal organizations. Then shit happens that complicates matters and the film pretty much loses all focus on the matter at hand. There's even a big chunk of the film near the end, maybe 20 minutes, where Crawford pretty much disappears despite him, for the most part, being the main focus of the narrative. It shifts the focus to Rogue and you get the reveal of the twist. And that's another thing. I can honestly say that I didn't expect the twist. It wasn't surprising or anything, but I did not expect it. Perhaps subconsciously I thought it was possible, but I didn't ever really think about it as I was watching the movie. But, of course, like all terrible twists, it's just a twist for the sake of one and not because it actually makes sense in the context of the film. They do try to explain it away, but it doesn't really work and it was just terribly and lazily executed. The ending itself is also really weird. So, and this will have some spoilers, though who really cares for this film. So it's revealed that Crawford was in fact working for the head of the Yakuza and he was the one who told Shiro, the leader, about his partner. Crawford thought that the yakuza were just gonna rough his partner up and not end up killing him, his wife and child. So there's this fight scene between Crawford and Rogue, what the film was building up to, and then they go throw a window and then they stop and have a conversation. Essentially Rogue was actually Crawford's partner, who he thought was murdered, who used extensive facial surgery to make himself look and sound completely different to go after those responsible. There's also a sniper, one of the other agents, in a nearby building. Rogue gets up and it looks like he's gonna shoot Crawford. The sniper, looking through the barrel, and not being aware of Crawford's betrayal, naturally goes to shoot Rogue. Crawford screams no, gets in front of Rogue and gets shot in his place. Crawford falls to the floor, presumably dead, and you see the sniper and the frame freezes. The next scene is Rogue leaving the warehouse and driving through the Golden Gate Bridge and then the film ends. It was a really anticlimactic ending to a pretty bad movie. Some of the action scenes themselves would probably be pretty decent if, again, it wasn't so poorly edited and you didn't really get a sense of what was going on. I didn't really like this movie, if you couldn't tell. I would not recommend it, in the least. Even if you love both Jet Li and Jason Statham.Jesse O Super Reviewer
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May 27, 2013It's Jet Li vs. Jason Statham in War, an exciting martial arts action film. An FBI agent out for revenge pursues a notorious assassin named Rogue who's come to San Francisco to instigate a war between the Triads and the Yakuza. The storytelling is rather good, especially in creating suspense and intrigue. And, the fight sequences are particularly impressive. However, the characters aren't given much depth and seem more like stereotypes. While War is pretty much a typical revenge film, it's entertaining and has a good cast.Dann M Super Reviewer
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Feb 25, 2012Jet Li and Jason Statham make a very entertaining action movie with twists and turns to keep you thinking.Ian I Super Reviewer
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Jan 10, 2012Ending was shit. It could easily have been a great movie.Jonny C Super Reviewer
War (Rogue Assassin) Quotes
Jack Crawford: | Say you fucking remember blowing my goddamn partner's head off! |
Rogue/Victor Shaw: | You will only find pain living in the past. |
Rogue/Victor Shaw: | Remember the night we first met. |
Jack Crawford: | Remember the night you had your face blown off. |
Jack Crawford: | You can't be him. You don't even sound like him. |
Rogue/Victor Shaw: | I have no master. |
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