War (2007)

Director:

Philip G. Atwell

Writers (WGA):

Lee Anthony Smith (written by) &
Gregory J. Bradley (written by)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Tagline:

One wants justice, the other wants revenge.

Plot:

An FBI Agent seeks vengeance on a mysterious assassin known as "Rogue" who murdered his partner.

Plot Keywords:

Mob Hit | Car Chase | Mixed Race Child | Teahouse | Mixed Marriage

Cast

Jet Li	...	Rogue
Jason Statham	...	Crawford
John Lone	...	Chang
Devon Aoki	...	Kira
Luis Guzmán	...	Benny (as Luis Guzman)
Saul Rubinek	...	Dr. Sherman
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Shiro
Sung Kang	...	Goi
Mathew St. Patrick	...	Wick
Nadine Velazquez	...	Maria
Andrea Roth	...	Jenny Crawford
Mark Cheng	...	Wu Ti
Kane Kosugi	...	Temple Garden Warrior
Kennedy Montano	...	Ana (as Kennedy Lauren Montano)
Terry Chen	...	Tom Lone

Also Known As:

Rogue Assassin (Australia) (Hong Kong: English title) (Philippines: English title) (Singapore: English title) (South Africa: English title)
Rogue (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin | Japanese | Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:M18 | Philippines:R-13 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Malaysia:18SG | Taiwan:R-18 | USA:R | Ireland:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Germany:18 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA (2007) | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Current Entertainment

Trivia:

The silver sports car Jet Li drives is a Spyker C8 Spyder which costs approximately $287,000.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the Sayu Tea House after Crawford smashes his Chevelle into the fleeing Impala of the triads and the ensuing shoot-out he leaves his driver's door open. When Crawford returns to his Chevelle to start the chase scene with Rogue his driver's door is closed.

Quotes:

Goi: My gun's bigger than yours.

Movie Connections:

References Hak hap (1996)

Soundtrack:

Heat

Very intelligent thriller

Jet Li and Jason Stathan are two very charismatic actors (particularly in action movies) but never been able to achieve a big success in the American market. It seems the only reason (very stupid really) is they do not speak "American English" (Stathan is British and Jet Li Chinese); something never bothered Arnold .

In any case, this time are both back and together in a thriller full cruel and bloody violent scene and several unexpected twists that completely change the movie.

Those expecting over the top martial arts fights will be disappointed. Most of the action is gun based however extremely realistic (and violent) and the good guys do not hesitate on killing in cold blood.

War is about people trying to avenge killings, fights for power and honor between Japanese Yakuza, Chinese Triads and ambition. By the end of the movie, everybody has betrayed somebody else.

Compared to other action movies, WAR requires more brains, has little humor and could be consider a little slow but it is really worth your time.