War (the movie) has a lot going for it. To start with, Jason Statham and Jet Li. Add an interesting plot with Statham playing a San Francisco FBI agent whose partner was killed by assassin Rogue (Jet Li), along with all his family. Now, years later, Rogue is back, and he's starting a gang war between the Triad and the Yakooza. But who is Rogue? He gets a new face from a plastic surgeon after every job - then kills the surgeon. There are at least two plot twists that I, at least, didn't see coming.
Now, I might have seen the plot twists coming if the dialog was easier to understand. Statham mumbles and Li's accent is pretty thick. I'm also not sure what Yakooza are - maybe like Yakuza, but more hokey?
But you don't want to know about the plot, diction or authenticity of Asian criminal cultures portrayed, right? What about the action? That's the problem.
There are several decent fights, but none were really outstanding. And they were far between. So the film has to fall back on its storyline.
I love Statham - I even plan to watch In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, and that's a straight-to-video stinker. Jet Li is awesome, of course, and I do believe he can act. Not in this movie though.
Big let down after Black Mask.
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