War (Widescreen Edition) DVD (Region 1)

6.5	Listal rating

Manufacturer : Lions Gate
Release date : 1 January 2008
Number of discs : 1
EAN : 0031398221807
UPC : 031398221807

Action (3), 2007 (2), Vengeance (1), Crooked Cop (1), FBI Agents (1), English Subtitles (1), Thriller (1), Triads (1), Crime (1), Rogue Assassin (1), Murder (1), Closed Captioned (1), Yakuza (1), Martial Arts (1), DVD (1), Jason Statham (1), Hitman (1), 2000s (1), Jet Li (1), Assassins (1)

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Product DescriptionMovie DVDPitting Hong Kong legend Jet Li against UK tough guy Jason Statham seems like a surefire way to generate on-screen heat, and action fans will get a good deal of just that from the action-heavy War. Unfortunately, they also have to slog through a clichéd-riddled story about world-weary FBI a ... (more)

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Ratings of War (Widescreen Edition)

6.5/10
18 global ratings

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robelanator

Ugh.

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago at Jul 3 11:21

I rated this a 6, and it's all for Jet Li's awesome (as always) action sequences. But even that modest rating might be too high considering the absolute awfulness of the script. I cannot stress "awful" enough, here. From the so-cliche-it-hurts plot (dueling-crime-families, a la "Yojimbo" and "A Fistful of Dollars", melded with a tired cop-avenging-his-partner's-murder story), to the hamfisted dialogue, to the mindblowingly retarded "twist" ending, "War" is a magnificent failure. But the action is solid, stylishly staged and photographed, and if you're a Jet Li or Stratham fan then "War" is still worth watching. Just go into this one with low expectations (even by action movie standards)... and perhaps switch the audio to Spanish or whatever for the last 15 minutes so you're not d...Read more

Rating : 6/10

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