War (2007)

Voti degli utenti:

6.2/10   

Regista:

Philip G. Atwell

Scrittori (WGA):

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

Data di uscita:

24 agosto 2007 (USA)

Genere:

Azione | Crimine | Thriller

Slogan:

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:

Assassin | FBI | Yakuza | Betrayal | Triad

Recensioni degli utenti:

"War"--The title gives it away

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5	8:00 PM	TMC
Fri. July 10	10:05 PM	TMC
Tue. July 14	10:00 PM	TMC

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

Alias:

Rogue Assassin (Australia) (Hong Kong: English title) (Philippines: English title) (Singapore: English title) (South Africa: English title)
Rogue (USA) (working title)
Rogue il solitario (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

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

Durata:

103 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese | Mandarin | Giapponese | Cantonese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Divieti:

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

Luoghi riprese:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Compagnia:

Current Entertainment

Curiosità:

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

Errori:

Audio/video fuori sincrono: As Jet Li enters the upstairs office of Shiro's showroom, the doors are opened by two employees. The sound you hear is of a latch and strike plate, neither of which were on the doors.

Citazioni:

Rogue: Tom Lone is dead. My name is Rogue.

Collegamenti:

Fa riferimento a The Godfather (1972)

Colonna sonora:

Heat

"War"--The title gives it away

If you walk into a movie theater showing "War" and expect to be dazzled by some thought-provoking paragon of acting destined to change the way the world thinks about film and culture, you're either an idiot or an idealist. It's called "War" because that's what it is, a bullet festival with some sideshow martial arts.

"War" was designed only to be a brutal, dazzling death picture, and it delivers handsomely. There's scarcely 10 minutes at a stretch that lacks any appreciable action sequences, and the end result leaves more dead Asians than WWII. There are some truly insane displays of gunplay and a handful of inventive deaths (my favorites include a hubcap to the skull). Jason Statham delivers a pretty good performance, considering that this is really designed for pure blood-and-guts glory, and Jet Li is as impressive now as he was in "Romeo Must Die" and "Kiss of the Dragon" (thank GOD he hasn't retired). The plot's also not as simplistic as it needs to be, and it includes several plot twists (yet it never quite seems too convoluted, thankfully).

If you want to see War, be ready for it. Know that you'll go in looking for a mountain of bodies, and you'll get precisely what you ask for. My only real complaint is the relatively abrupt ending-- after the many and close-together action sequences, it downshifts pretty quickly, and leaves you wishing there was still a half hour left.