War

Director; Philip G Atwell
Starring; Jet Li, Jason Statham
Genre; Action
Year; 2007
Release; UK Cable tv

I'm not a great fan of western made action movies. The action is often dull, predictable, lifeless and generally not very exciting. This is no exception. Statham is just some bald cockney twat, trying to blag his way as an action hero. The film just strolls through the various scenes, never really gripping you with a particularly good fight scene, or breathtaking stunt. Too many 'stylish' quick cuts and 'swooshy' sound effects. Li is utterly wasted in turgid crap like this. The only worthwhile thing about it was when you think he's a ruthless, stone-cold hitman, but, you know that it's gonna be some sort of crap cover story. And how crap does it turn out to be! This film does nothing but demonstrate all that is wrong with western action movies. Made me want to put on Once Upon A Time In China, just to remind myself how awesome Li can be.