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#	Title	Director	Writer	Rated	Year	Studio	Genre
11	War	Philip G. Atwell		R	2007	Lions Gate	Action & Adventure
War Philip G. Atwell Theatrical: 2007 Studio: Lions Gate Genre: Action & Adventure Duration: 103 Rated: R Date Added: 27 Mar 2008 Languages: English, Japanese Subtitles: English, Spanish Sound: AC-3 Picture Format: Widescreen Summary: Let's be honest, it's all about Jet Li vs Jason Statham when referring to War, at least, that's what I thought until I watched the movie. Overall, War was a pretty good film, but when it came to Li vs Statham, it just wasn't anywhere as good as I had hoped. You would think the film's title refer's to an all-out conflict between Statham and Li, but that's not exactly what War is about. In fact, there isn't as much interaction or fight between the two, and the final fight of the film is just over a minute in length, and does not showcase these guys abilites near the extent that could be possible. The bright side of the film is that the story is always interesting, and I would never have guessed the twist of the climax in a million years. Jason Statham plays a character that you would come to expect out of the actor. He is involved with several action sequences, but there really isn't much martial arts for Statham, and that was a shame seeing his abilities in the Transporter movies. Jet Li doesn't exactly play a straight out villain (such as his role in Lethal Weapon 4) that we probably expected while seeing the previews for War. His character is definetly interesting, maybe even confusing, right up to the unexpected twist. Ironicly, I loved his character (Rogue) but Jet Li appeared rather average in the role, where as I enjoyed Statham's performance more than his character (Jack Crawford). Getting back to my original point, this is ment to be an action film, and I think many of us (myself included) expected martial arts in the mix. There is really very little and the final fight in the wearhouse consists of Li and Statham tossing each other around. About 3/4 of the action are shootouts, which was nothing much above the ordinary as far as good shootouts go. War comes off good in areas you wouldn't expect much out of in an action film, but not so great as far as action goes. Even if the overall performances and scenes with Statham and Li could have been better, its still fun to watch a film with the combination of both stars included. Die hard fans will appreciate this film for that, all other action fans, don't hold your breath. Acting - 3 Action - 3 Characters - 4 Story - 4 Overall - 3.5 Jet Li Jason Statham John Lone Devon Aoki Luis Guzmán

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