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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Lions Gate
Salesrank: 12444
Released: January 1, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 1-JAN-2008
Media Type: DVD
Description of War (Widescreen Edition):
Pitting 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 agent Statham, who's gunning for Li, the master assassin that killed his partner years before, and who's currently neck-deep in a turf war between yakuza and triad gangs. Philip G. Atwell's style-over-substance direction doesn't help matters either, though he does have a way with shootouts and other combative set pieces. As for Li and Statham, their scenes together are surprisingly limited; there's also a twist in the film's final third that begs for serious suspension of disbelief. In short, those that found the duo's last movie team-up (2001's The One) lacking won't find much here to supplant that memory. The DVD includes three commentary tracks: one by Atwell, one by screenwriters Lee Anthony Smith and Gregory J. Bradley (it's the liveliest of the lot) and an audio trivia track that delves deep into the film's production, which is also covered in detail by nine separate featurettes. A gag reel and deleted/extended scenes round out the supplemental features. -- Paul Gaita
War (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Bridget's review 
2009-12-02 - I'm a huge fan of action movies. I have yet to see a movie with Jet Li or Jason Statham that I didn't like. This was a "keep you on the seat of your pants" movie that kept me entertained until it was over. I can't believe how much of a difference Blu-ray can make!
Excellant Movie From Start To Finnish
2009-10-05 - War is one heck of an action movie from start to finnish. Jason and Lee back again since The One, and they are both top notch actors. I have predicted for a long time Jason would make one of the best James Bonds if that could ever happen for him.
Great
2009-08-16 - It was great, knowing that I could buy in great condition where the disc is perfect and the case and artwork was totally fine.
2 great fighters not fighting 
2009-08-07 - I love jet li movies and am starting to get into Jason Statham movies because they both do action movies in a great way. This movie can't be called an action movie because there was none of it
In WAR Sometimes You Never Know Which Side Your Opponent May Be On 
2009-07-29 - WAR is trumpeted as a collision between the two reigning stars of the martial arts world, Jet Li and Jason Statham. Their meeting is less a collision than a bump. For most of the film, they speak to each other on a cell, challenge one another with enigmas and quips, but do not meet face to face until very near the end, and when they do, their collision is fraught with overlapping identity confusion and plot inconsistencies.
Statham is FBI agent Crawford whose partner and family were murdered by a mysterious assassin called the Rogue (Li). The plot involves how the Rogue acts as a fulcrum to create a war between the Triads and the Yakuza. Statham as Crawford pursues a leaky trail to find out his partner's killer and to head off this war. There is surprisingly little true martial arts anywhere. One would think that the climax would feature a showdown between the leads. What we get instead is the usual cinema mix of car crashes, motorcycle chases, sword fights, and gun duels, all of which have their charm, but given that this film highlights the skills of Statham and Li, one would think there would be less mass violence by nameless lackeys and more mano a mano between the stars. The plot hinges on identity swapping and this is where I was confused. I hoped to get a martial arts version of HIGH NOON. What I got was a preachy version of I LED THREE LIVES.
