A Brilliant Conflict

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Choppy editing, vomit inducing camera moves, zooms for no reason and this is just the actors talking. Speaking of actors, Jet looks like he wants to be anywhere but in this movie and after 20 minutes, I felt the same way.Tourrets filmmaking at its finest!

Prior to the ending I rank this as a solid 7 / 10. I like the fact that it had good old fashion action and not a bunch o CGI stuff. Yes GCI is getting better but it still looks as fake as hell, especially when it comes to human action & fighting sequences...Anyway I liked the intro, the movie build up, how the plot progressed, everything. And I have to say with two solid stars like Jason and Jet I was intrigued that Jet would take up the bad guy role and that you had two big blockbuster actors opposite each other. To my knowledge Jet has never been "bested" in any movie, similar to Bruce Lee and there's a part of me who wanted to see him get his tail cooked. I like Jet and Jason both, but it's not very often you see a big blockbuster star have his lunch handed to him...Well, I figured it would work out such that there would be some big misunderstanding and Jet wasn't really the bad guy, then they'd join forces and kick some cooperative but, but I guess the writers saw that coming and threw another curve ball instead.The ending... I hated it, not because Jet was really Lone and I didn't see it coming, but because they made Jason this trader / sellout cop who gave up his partner & got him and his family killed, and then after ruined his marriage and made it his life's purpose to find this assassin who killed his partner when "he" was the guy who set that up in the first place, ah duh?!?!? I don't care if it was a ruff up vs. wife and child dead, it's all on him. Seriously no guy is going to play that card and then turn about and make it his life mission bring the assassin in, totally 100% stupid and more to the point non believable...

It's Jet Li Vs. Jason Statham, and that alone should be a selling point when it comes to this movie. Although Jet Li was a more popular martial arts action star back then. Not only that it also has the Triads Vs. Yazuka which in itself is another selling point. So these two elements would equal a major head to head and clash action. And should make this movie a entertaining popcorn fest. And for the most part it delivers the goods. It's stylish and cool while having enough substance to back it up. The plot isn't entirely original. It's similar to previous movies that has two gangs going at it with each other and a protagonist caught in the middle. Except this time it's two badass guys. So yeah, two badass actors going at it with each other, mixed in with two notorious gangs. To sum it up, this is a cool and entertaining movie with few twists. Despite that one salad scene with Devon Aoki, which is super lame. She is practically a irrelevant character. This isn't the most intelligent movie plot wise but very watchable. And I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it thrilling. Especially when it first came out. And I was a big fan of Jet Li back then.7.4/10

You would think a film with a title as simple as this could be used for something more substantial, i.e. an actual war film, but no, they waste it on this. Basically FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) is obsessed with finding Asian assassin Rogue (Jet Li), after he killed his partner, wife Jenny (Andrea Roth) and kids. He is taken into a world of guilt and betrayal, and Rogue does eventually come out of hiding to set off a bloody war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triads and Yakuza boss Shiro (Audition's Ryo Ishibashi). So it is not just Crwaford trying to catch Rogue that is the "war, but this one that is supposed to be a bit bigger, I will be honest, I was only paying attention to the two stars returning after The One, oh, and this time, the good guy doesn't win. Also starring Devon Aoki as Kira, Luis Guzmán as Benny, Saul Rubinek as Dr. Sherman, Sung Kang as Goi, Mathew St. Patrick as Wick and Nadine Velazquez as Maria. I remember maybe some banter, a lot of guns shooting, some explosions, Li riding a bike, and samurai sword fights, but apart from this, it's nonsense and brainless (not in the good way) action, and not a good thriller. Adequate!