票房归票房,影片本身是另一回事。《War》的故事其实是杰哥在这六部片子里最富戏剧性和剧情转折的。可惜的是,为了满足广大粉丝的需要(我也是Jason的影迷!参见我对《Crank 怒火攻心》和《Transporter 2 玩命快递2》的推崇),影片祭出最后莫名其妙的转折,画蛇添足地在加上了Jason Statham和杰哥的短短一分钟的“大”决战(因为粉丝们说:"We paid to see them fight!"),却让原本新鲜丰富的故事顿时大打折扣。
导演过几部和Rap(50Cent, Eminem)有关的电视节目的新科导演Philip G. Atwell没有让“美国传统”上和武术紧密相关的的Hip-Hop音乐完全占据银幕(少许不可避免),这个“意外”当然应该受到肯定(我是预见错了,呵呵)。毕竟,硬派动作片的受众绝不可以仅仅局限在黑人圈里。除了影片结尾扔出的莫名其妙的大包袱外,Philip同样“意外”地很好控制了全片的动作流程和剧情发展。只是部分太过明显的广告镜头(比如两处Heineken,我这有些过分挑刺了)和莫名其妙的女子裸体(杰哥双眼懒洋洋的看着呢,呵呵)还是有些让人惊诧。 另外,稍嫌做作的黑帮老大临死前“揭露真相”,还有居然没有安排亚洲面孔的Devon Aoki多一些打斗,还是有些让人失望。
WAR kicks ass, and you should see it a lot of times, for these reasons:
- Jason Statham yelling at people, and then kicking ass. In other words, being himself.
- Jet Li killing a guy by kicking him in the face....and that's not his best kill.
- Random girls getting nude for no reason.
- Ninjas. Just when you think this movie couldn't rock any harder, they put Ninjas in the movie.
- A twist ending that would make M. Night Shawhocares *beep* himself.
- A car chase every 10 minutes. There's even one with motorcycles.
- Violence. Lots of it. Guns, blades, blood, kungfu, decapitations, the bases are covered.
-Jet Li and Jason Statham fighting each other. It's as epic as you might think.
So,in conclusion, if you, 1. Like things that are awesome. 2. Have a pairof testicles. 3. Need to see a movie that rocks for a change. 4. Are ahuman being. ...then WAR is for you.