Synopsis
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?
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Cast
- Jet LiRogue
- Jason StathamSpecial Agent Jack Crawford
- John LoneLi Chang
- Devon AokiKira Yanagawa
- Luis GuzmánBenny
- Saul RubinekDr. Sherman
- Ryo IshibashiShiro Yanagawa
- Sung KangSpecial Agent Goi
- Andrea RothJenny Crawford
- Kenneth ChoiTakada
Recommendations
- 63
TV Guide Magazine
It's a complicated plot, but one that leaves plenty of room for everything a fan could want: gunplay, swordfights, brutal mano a mano fisticuffs, motorcycle races, car chases, Japanese gangsters eating sushi off of topless women, and that old standby, a decapitated head in a box. - 50
Variety
Quickly devolves into a standard-issue crime drama laced with routine martial artistry. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Lacking even the galvanizing action sequences that would have compensated for suffering through its formulaic plot, this is a thoroughly forgettable exploitationer that will not enhance its stars' resumes. - 40
The New York Times
Most regrettably, War squanders the considerable merits of its leads. - 40
Film Threat
Perhaps this movie would have been better off if it starred Steven Seagal and Tom Arnold. - 30
Los Angeles Times
War ties itself in knots trying to bring something new to a stale formula. It's never painful to watch, but that's only because it provokes no feeling at all. - 25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
A kind of dumbed-down, souped-up action thriller in a quasi-"Lethal Weapon" mode. - 25
San Francisco Chronicle
If you want to see Li and Statham in an underwhelming martial arts film, rent "The One" instead. Li talks considerably more in that movie, but at least he punches a lot of people out.
