The Way of War (2009)

Director:

John Carter

Writers:

John Carter (writer)
Scott Schafer (writer)

Genre:

Action | Thriller

Plot:

A paramilitary operative goes on a rampage after discovering a conspiracy to commit war.

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	David Wolfe
J.K. Simmons	...	Sergeant Mitchell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vernel Bagneris	...	Samir / Ace of Spades
Brett Beoubay	...	Fight Club Spectator
Kyle Bradley	...	Winning fighter
Edrick Browne	...	Snow
Vince Canlas	...	Asian Man
Patrick Michael Carney	...	Johnny the limo driver
Brad C. Carter	...	Federal Agent
J. Omar Castro	...	Sanchez
Rich Clementi	...	Losing fighter
Jaclyn DeSantis	...	Girlfriend
Marc Gill	...	Meat Truck
Geraldine Glenn	...	Spectator
Edmond Guidry	...	Iraq Veteran
David Jensen
Mark Joy	...	The President
Jaci LeJeune	...	Traveler
Deanna Meske	...	Dancer
Lance Reddick
Yalonda Lisa Reeves	...	Barfly
Sarah Ann Schultz	...	Eleven
Jayson Warner Smith	...	Seven
John Terry
Clarence Williams III
Cindy Williamson	...	Fight club spectator
Nedal Yousef	...	Afghan Guard

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Capital City Entertainment

Movie Connections:

References "Let's Make a Deal" (1963)

A very slooooowww movie....

I'll start by saying I like much of what Cuba Gooding JR. has done but I think the storyline blows. I found myself watching the time tick by to see if it was almost over. The movie was painfully slow with little reward at the end for waiting for the story to better unravel. The plot is very confusing much of the way through this flick.

Originality is another factor. Movies similar to this have been done before and with much better story lines. The Bourne trilogy is an example of that. The Way of War doesn't offer anything near that level of action though.

The music was off. I don't feel that it did a good job keeping up with the storyline and I had some issues with the subtitles. Sometimes I'll turn them on and go back over dialog that is too difficult to make out. At least during the early part of the movie, the subtitles were grossly off their mark. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 seconds to a minute! I think Cuba does a great job acting the part, but it doesn't save the movie. My grandma could write better scripts then this! Comon Cuba!!!!!