Lionsgate. NETFLIX 
2.35:1
Color 
35mm
18

A horrid film in every single department, from the editing to the performances of Statham and Li. It's B-movie with added flair that makes it extremely outdated and laughable. It's action maybe it's the highlight, but it's just ridiculous and over the top. The twist could've been made into something special but it's blown with a lacklustre plot. If it had more of an R-Rated approach and better filmed, it may have just hinged on the cult market but unfortunately, it will be forgotten in time.

22

Tough and enjoyable action/revenge flick...Statham and Jet Li have a great reunion.

Nice and bloody, San Francisco looks amazing and the twist is a genuine surprise (if a little far fetched).

But the ending is utter bullshit. Not been that disappointed since Switchblade Romance!!

War is unable to decide whether Statham or Jet Li should be the main character. The third act twist would be quite entertaining except for the fact that it’s weighed down by the rest of this bland film.

A film heroically dedicated to not delivering any of the goods. It thinks it's THE FRENCH CONNECTION meets YOJIMBO, but it's just a boring over an edited piece of poop that doesn't deliver a martial arts scene until well into its hour-long running time. Kane Kosugi fights Jet Li for less than 15 seconds. Hollywood had no idea what to do with Jeti Li.

I laughed at its plastic surgery twist, but who cares?

I wanted to like this more but found myself having to read its Wikipedia page just to make sure I understood all the stupid twists.

about what you’d expect from a mid-2000s studio action movie from the director of the Eminem “Ass Like That” video - which is to say: nowhere near enough action, wasted leads (Jet Li maybe does martial arts for 30 seconds), an obnoxious soundtrack and a plot twist so goofy, it makes that year’s The Number 23 seem logical

Action x52 2020: Film #21
An action film with music by Brian Tyler

Jet Li stated in multiple interviews that he was not happy with this film nor its production. He went as far to say that this movie "sucked" and he had no confidence in director Philip G. Atwell. Even halfway into filming, he knew that it would receive mediocre ratings and not make profit.

Aggressively unmemorable crime thriller with annoying editing that manages to not only waste Li and Statham but also Kane Kosugi.

2007 movies have hardly dated aesthetically but I like to think we've stopped doing SO many Avid farts, and of course War already has comically dated phones that it brandishes like the cutting-edge technology it once was. Anyway, a convoluted film that labours to get to a ludicrous twist it then hurriedly ties a bow on with a monologue of undiluted exposition that's quoted in full on Wikipedia, where dialogue like it belongs. But y'know, it's got Jet Li and Jason Statham, so I dug it and would probably watch it again. As the song says, I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.

A delightfully awful film. I've gladly discovered a new guilty pleasure. For an FBI agent, Statham executes a lot of people in this lol, fire this guy! What a humdinger of an ending, holy shit man. I can't believe there's no imdb trivia on it, absolute madness.

Jet Li and Jason barely even fight in this? thats some big mismarketing.

7/10

Actionthriller mit Jason Statham und Jet Li. Der Film ist besser als es die vielen negativen Kritiken hätten erwarten lassen. Zwar jetzt nicht herausragend, aber einfach ok. Das Ende hat mir jetzt nicht so gefallen. Wenn das Rätsel gelöst wird, hätte ich mir dann ein Happy End gewünscht. So hat es keinen Sinn gemacht. Jet Li's Rachefeldzug hatte richtig gute Actionszenen und -kämpfe. Aus der Handlung hätte man mehr rausholen können oder sogar müssen. So bleibt nur eine Bewertung knapp über Durchschnitt.

As bland and forgettable as Jason Statham action films come. Poorly edited, generic and downright stupid. There's an interesting twist at the end, but the execution is unintentionally hilarious. Feels like a straight to video action film with just a high enough budget for it to not look cheap. A waste of Jet Li (Who feels painfully bored and uncharismatic the whole time). Statham also tries, but is stuck with such a bland character who is never explored beyond the opening scenes.

This was booooring.

One star might be too fair for this movie. It's hogwash. I mean....what?

This peaks at Jet Li cosplaying as Phantom of the Opera.

Loppua kohden parani hieman. Silti melkosen skeida pätkä.

Well that was the weirdest last minute of a movie i've seen in a while.

Terrible in every single conceivable way. I would get over the awful filmmaking if there was at least good action, or amazing showdowns between Li and Statham, but the horrible editing made all the action look bad. I could even give it a higher rating if it was entertaining, but somehow it was unwatchably boring.

Entertainment: 2
Quality: 2

Wow, I vaguely remember when this came out in theaters, and honestly, watching it made me pine for the days when movies like this had big, major release opening weekends from reputable studios instead of going straight to streaming and starring some washed-up star from the 80s. This is, as expected, insanely racist, and features almost zero Jet Li/Statham fighting despite the image on the poster, as to be expected.

The film’s poorly acted, poorly written, poorly directed, predictable, dull & has too much action that’s unnecessary. (11%)

LIGHT 3

Damn. Thought for sure this was like 2002 maybe 2001, but yikes this was 2007.

How was this not advertised as a Fast & Furious spinoff, if someone told me that beforehand I wouldn't have been surprised.

Throws a couple twists at you near the end that don't really add much to the story.

"War" schildert einen Mafiakrieg zwischen der Yakuza und den Triaden in San Francisco, mit Jet Li als Doppelagent für beide, Jason Statham mischt als FBI-Agent mit. Interessantes Setting, Yakuza vs Triaden sieht man jetzt nicht so oft, insgesamt zwar nur anspruchslose Action, aber mich hat das überraschenderweise durchgehend unterhalten. Jet Li selbst mag den Film aber leider nicht.

Really dumb. Ridiculous twist