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Jet Li
Rogue

Jason Statham
Crawford

John Lone
Chang

Devon Aoki
Kira

Luis Guzmán
Benny

Saul Rubinek
Dr. Sherman

Ryo Ishibashi
Shiro

Sung Kang
Goi

Mathew St. Patrick
Wick

Nadine Velazquez
Maria

Philip G. Atwell
Director

Gregory Bradley
Writer

Lee Anthony Smith
Writer

Steven Chasman
Producer

Christopher Petzel
Producer

Jim Thompson
Producer

Mike Elliott
Executive Producer

Pierre Morel
Cinematographer

Chris August
Production Design

Maureen Webb
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• Aug 03, 2015

  This 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
• May 27, 2013

  It'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
• Feb 25, 2012

  Jet Li and Jason Statham make a very entertaining action movie with twists and turns to keep you thinking.
  

  Ian I Super Reviewer
• Jan 10, 2012

  Ending was shit. It could easily have been a great movie.
  Jonny C Super Reviewer

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