The final epic confrontation features jet li fighting himself. The film was directed by philip atwell, a veteran of tvs the shield and assorted rap videos. Jet li internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Tomb of the dragon emperor hitting theaters, we thought it would be a great time to take a close look at the filmography of star jet li, one of the most dynamic and successful martial arts performers of recent years born in beijing, li lianjie was wushu champion at an absurdly young age he was dubbed jet because of his quickness and power.
War features the second collaboration between jet li and jason statham, reuniting them for the first time since 2001 film the one. Fighting, shooting, guns, all kinds of guns, gangsters killing each other and cars. Jet li celebrity profile check out the latest jet li photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. An amalgam of every bland, run ofthemill action movie of the last 20 years. The film is set in china following the end of world war ii and the liberation of china. At the end, lone shoots crawford, maybe lethally, and kills shiro and the triad boss. In the movie jet lis character rogue drives a spyker c8 spyder. What do you get when you put jason statham and jet li together. Machinegunned across the chest by mel gibson at the end of an underwater fight, on top of having been impaled with an iron spike by danny glover. Jet li 1963 deaths in film lethal weapon 4 1998 wah sing ku. Action movies jet li fist of legend 1994 jet li hd video.
The warlords is a twoyear old chinese miniepic starring jet li, andy lau and takeshi kaneshiro in a tale based on the assassination of ma, a story from chinas mid1800s civil war period. Its your basic revenge story, jet li kills stathams partner and statham wants to crush his nuts. Spyker the car jet li drove in the movie war trend squad. Jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive americans who are bullying him as well as the chinese people. War pits jason statham and jet li against each other. Originally titled rogue, the name of the movie was changed to avoid conflict with another movie with the same name. The film was released in the united states on march 22, 2000. Theres no mystery whatsoever why he did what he did once you find out who he is, with clues throughout the movie before that. Ending spoiler for war 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Best action movies 2014 full movie jet li new action movies 2014. War is a 2007 american action thriller directed by philip g. He starred in the once upon a time in china film series and in the criticallypraised, international hit hero. Spyker was chosen for another major movie production.
Jet li holds a fn f2000 tactical as ying yang in the expendables 2010. Action movies jet li movies english hd best action jet. Who was that girl from the movie war starring jet li and. The trailer for liongates action thriller war is now online. It is also, like rashomon, a mystery told from more than one point of view.
It centers on jet lis character and his confrontations with navy sailors, who are portrayed as rapacious villains, from chinas ally, the united states, primarily in the boxing ring as lis character is an avid athlete. And while that film is less than perfect, it does a fine job of showcasing both actors athletic talents and abilities in the realm of martial arts. Just had to throw that out there because theres no way to miss the why part. Jet li as a killer for hire trying to play two gangs against each other in. The movie opens, like many folk legends, with a storyteller before the throne of an imperious ruler, counting. Movie star jet li poses during a break from taping cnns talk asia in hong kong. In the film, a chinese former police officer travels to the united states in order to avenge his brothers death. Jet li is a champion martial artist and chinese film actor. Crawford finds out rogue had actually changed his face by plastic surgery and found the surgeon who done the same and confirms his current identity of victor shaw jet li. Hello everone i was wondering if you could help me with something thanks. Action stars known for their martial arts skills go hand to hand combat in war. After his partner tom wynne terry chen and family are killed apparently by the infamous.
An fbi agent out for revenge pursues a notorious assassin named rogue whos come to san francisco to instigate a war. War 2007 an fbi agent seeks vengeance on a mysterious assassin known as rogue who murdered his partner. Alas, the movie is interested only in fight scenes, and uses the latest in computergenerated effects to show the various jet li characters as they throw enemies into the air, dodge bullets, hold a motorcycle in each hand and slam them together against an opponent, etc. Both are known for their insane action and martial arts sequences, but for all that talent we never really see one good hand to hand fight between the two. Who was that girl from the movie war starring jet li and jason statham.
Hero was first released in china on 24 october 2002. On 22 september 2006, fearless was released in 1,806 north american cinemas under the title jet lis fearless. By his watchmen, crawford manages to get snaps of rogue killing shiros assassins and. Jet li had been kickin arse and takin names long before he played the scary big bad in lethal weapon 4, but its exactly that gig that got him his first lead in a hollywood action picture. R 1h 32min action, war 16 february 1986 hong kong jet, a young soldier at the end of the second world war must overcome some abusive americans who are bullying him as well as the chinese people.
Starring jet li as the nameless protagonist, the film is based on the story of jing kes assassination attempt on the king of qin in 227 bc. The storytelling is rather good, especially in creating suspense and intrigue. Just got done watching the movie war with jet li and jason statham. War also called rogue assassin in europe is a 2007 movie starring jason statham and jet li. Just watched the film war tha has jet li starring, it was a really excellent movie however the ending was confusing, i know that jet li was tom but why isit when it got.
If you walk into a movie theater showing war and expect to be dazzled by some thoughtprovoking paragon of acting destined to change the way the world thinks about film and culture, youre either an idiot or an idealist. Action movies jet li chinese martial arts movies chinese movies with english subtitles. Jason statham plays an fbi agent determined to take down a mysterious assassin known as rogue played by jet li, after his partner is murdered. Being a fan of both jet li and jason statham, i was real excited for. It was a really anticlimactic ending to a pretty bad movie.
Jason statham in war, an exciting martial arts action film. The film tells about fbi agent john crawford jason statham attempts to take down an assassin named rogue, who murders his partner. Can someone give me the lowdown to the moviethe movie was great and all but i. If i watch a movie with those two actors in it, i expect stratham to shoot a lot of people and jet li to perform a couple of cool martial arts stunts.
Meanwhile rogue, with cruelty and ruthless, provokes a war between the chinese triad gang and the japanese yakuza gang. In the next scene he is then shown getting into a car and driving somewhere, most likely to start a new life. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, this year, war. There is an extremely hot looking girl in that movie. And as for jet li, i do respect him as a martial artist but since hes been making movies in us, his skill have been more halfassed compared to what he did in his hong kong flicks. After three years of training with acclaimed wushu teacher wu bin, li won his first national championship for the beijing wushu team. Sword fight scene from war high definition youtube. The film was released in the united states on august 24, 2007.
Swordfighting scenes from samurai x rurouni kenshin movies duration. Like most action movies, this one has a few inconsistencies mostly, the fbi doesnt run around shooting bad guys on whim, but the story twists are all consistent, and its nonstop action. Wars rudimentary plot doesnt go much beyond the basic premise. They should have cut the final ten minutes of the movie and replaced them with a tighter ending. I had the feeling it would share a similar storyline with the last samaurai. Why jet li is playing both sides against the other is clearly explained in the last 15 minutes of the movie, and its a huge unexpected twist. Brian tyler war end credits theme hd audio youtube.
Jason statham is in a 70 chevelle, following jet li. The film features fight choreography by tsui siuming. Also known as afterdeath, originally an unreleased track on one of dr. We spent much of the movie establishing that the guards use rubber bullets and not live ones at the very end of the battle, one of the guards switches to live ammo. Just watched the film war tha has jet li starring, it was a really excellent movie however the ending was confusing, i know that jet li was tom but why isit when it got to the part before he wanted to shoot crawford say. But my biggest pet peeve about war was that jason stratham and jet li seem to have traded places. Hero is a 2002 chinese wuxia film directed by zhang yimou. An fbi agent out for revenge pursues a notorious assassin named rogue whos come to san francisco to instigate a war between the triads and the yakuza. With a unique style of game play, you play as kit yun jet li, an undercover hong kong police officer who is assigned as a bodyguard to boss chiang, a friend of kits father. Some men may have been wounded, but unless there were hit with direct shots to the temple very hard to do with moving. Action movies jet li 2016 chinese action movie in english the defender,tv cinema movies hd free fullhd 2017.
From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. With jet li, jason statham, nadine velazquez, john lone. Also, this movie forces you to realize that jet li is simply not a particularly good actor. Lis only job is to look mysterious and speak very little, and statham is relegated to charging around and watching his young, loyal, multicultural team members picked off one by one.
Zhang yimous hero is beautiful and beguiling, a martial arts extravaganza defining the styles and lives of its fighters within chinese tradition. Two spyker c8 spyders and one spyker c12 laturbie were delivered to the movie set in canada where filming took place in may 2006. With jet li, keith anthony, kaiming chen, wing cho. Jet li vs jason statham last fight scene in war youtube.
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