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War (2007)
Directed by Philip G. Atwell
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Overview
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it’s too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?
Rated R | Length 103 minutes
Actors
Jet Li | Jason Statham | John Lone | Devon Aoki | Luis Guzmán | Saul Rubinek | Ryo Ishibashi | Sung Kang | Andrea Roth | Kenneth Choi | Mathew St. Patrick | Nadine Velazquez | Terry Chen | Mark Cheng | Steph Song | Kennedy Montano | Kane Kosugi | Eric Keenleyside | Annika Foo | Nicholas Elia | Timothy Paul Perez | Peter Shinkoda | Johnson Phan | Larry Lam | Warren Takeuchi | Don Lew | John Novak | Randy Lee | Jennifer Chang | Lucy Lu | Jennifer Chung | Aaron Au | Wilken Yam | Hiro Kanagawa | Jung-Yul Kim | Tran Thi Thu | Mitchell A. Lee Yuen | Brian Ho | Nadia Farès | Aaron Pearl | Bruce Bellocchi | Allan Lysell | Ildiko Ferenczi | Meghan Flather
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29/2022 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Had this one earmarked for my Jet Li project. To my luck found the Blu-ray at a pawn shop while visiting Rapid City. Given when this was released I’m surprised I had never seen this until now esp. since it co-stars Statham. Not sure how I missed it at the theater (I assume it was in theaters) since I totally went to see genre films like this.
This is an odd mashup of FACE/OFF and Yojimbo with a lot of the usual yakuza vs Triads tropes. On paper this probably sounded great but the execution is merely so-so. And as the story unfolds the character motivations really don’t make sense. A better director probably could’ve made this more engaging. Really they just should’ve handed it over to Corey Yuen to direct since he was there supervising the action work.
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