Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- brooding
- propulsive
- action movie night
- martial arts marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film entertaining as a kinetic action vehicle but faulted its routine crime-drama plotting and conventional martial-arts execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
John Crawford's fixation on Rogue after the murder of his partner and family turns the investigation into a destructive personal crusade.
The confrontation between Crawford and Rogue leads to revelations that change the meaning of their past and the revenge plot.
The plot escalates into a violent struggle between Chang's Triad and Shiro's Yakuza organization.
Jet Li's Rogue anchors the film's combat sequences within an American crime-thriller framework.
Films like War, and why
the transporter
shared revenge-driven crime thriller structure, stylized martial arts action, and hard-edged 2000s genre tone
unleashed
shared jet li-led action choreography, criminal underworld conflict, and revenge themes
crank
shared jason statham action persona, escalating crime conspiracies, and propulsive violence
belly of the beast
shared undercover identity games, yakuza and triad criminal factions, and kinetic action filmmaking
Movie Details
- Director
- Philip G. Atwell
- Release Date
- 2007-08-24
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (2126)
Cast
- Jet Li
- Jason Statham
- John Lone
- Devon Aoki
- Luis Guzmán
- Saul Rubinek
- Ryo Ishibashi
- Sung Kang
- Mathew St. Patrick
- Nadine Velazquez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is War about?
- An FBI agent's revenge hunt for an elusive assassin ignites a brutal showdown between rival Asian crime syndicates and exposes a buried betrayal.
- What is War like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of War as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is War violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in War as graphic.
- What did critics think of War?
- Critics generally found the film entertaining as a kinetic action vehicle but faulted its routine crime-drama plotting and conventional martial-arts execution.
- Which films are like War?
- Films with a similar feel include the transporter, unleashed, crank, and belly of the beast.
- How long is War?
- War runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch War?
- In United States, War streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel.
