list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around War on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/War/341582/default.aspx Title: War
Year: 2007
Plot: After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad's and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed. ~imdb.com
Times Tagged: 5
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]]>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:01:15 GMTWar2007After his partner Tom Wynne (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad's and Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). When Jack and Rogue finally come face to face, the ultimate truth of their pasts will be revealed. ~imdb.com5Slightly Tagged (1-5)1253http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s341582.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/War/341582/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/jbecher/archive/2008/7/14/32558.aspx Post By: Jbecher
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Post Date: 7/14/2008 10:48:38 PM
Body: I got caught in this movie. A little of everything. I kept thinking of Kill Bill while waiting for some bad cop / good cop action movie. I some how seem to like movies with Statham (I actually think the original transporter is a comedy) I give this a 3 stars and would watch again if it came on TV.
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:48:38 GMTJbecherJbecher Blog7/14/2008 10:48:38 PMI got caught in this movie. A little of everything. I kept thinking of Kill Bill while waiting for some bad cop / good cop action movie. I some how seem to like movies with Statham (I actually think the original transporter is a comedy) I give this a 3 stars and would watch again if it came on TV. http://www.spout.com/blogs/tenenbaums/archive/2008/5/20/29619.aspx Post By: Tenenbaums
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Post Date: 5/20/2008 11:18:05 PM
Body: For more than a year, I've done my best to avoid seeing "300." From the first time I saw its TV spot, Zach Snyder's movie gave me unavoidable unappealing vibes. They were the same vibes I get after seeing spliced highlights of a Jet Li or Jason Statham movie...or "War," the Li-Statham movie. The guaranteed superfluous action and skimpy screenplay would probably be fun, but with so many other titles available, such releases fall into oblivion, possibly to be passed over in the grocery store bargain bin 6 years down the road. I love graphic novels and I love graphic novels by "300" creator Frank Miller + their adapted films ("Sin City"), so what was it that convinced me to see this loud, dumb, overhyped movie? A graphic novel. Alan Moore's "Watchmen" is a towering achievement in the illustrated genre. The story of retired superheroes lured back into caped action is the most layered graphic novel I've experienced, and though I prefer Art Spiegelman's "Maus," Moore's work takes spandex to unprecedented levels of success. For his next film, Snyder is adapting "Watchmen." IMDB has a few pictures from the set, including the inspired casting of costumed Patrick Wilson ("Little Children"), Billy Crudup ("Almost Famous"), and Jackie Earle Haley ("Little Children"), and the sets are perfect comic-art hyperboles of city scenes. The material is there and the look is appealing, but what about the director? Though I've never seen it, Quentin Tarantino said that the first 20 minutes of Snyder's 2004 "Dawn of the Dead" remake was the best piece of filmmaking that year. Then in Spring 2007, the blue-screen-friendly "300" was a surprise commercial and quasi-critical hit. Make that a strong emphasis on the "quasi." The Miller-ized version of the Spartan warriors who refused to concede to Xerxes' Persian army owes too much of its feel to "Gladiator," yet has little of the Oscar winner's charm. Even the most intimate landscapes are overly computerized and the painful dialogue turns "Are you not entertained?" moments into B-movie messes. Though the fight scenes feature the most intriguing slow-mo outside of a slam-dunk contest, Snyder's movie opens itself to the kind of parody employed by "Meet The Spartans," becoming an unintentional comedy in itself. Fortunately, early signs of "Watchmen" appear bereft of such testosterone schlock, and with the expectations of filming a beloved work of literature, Snyder can hopefully put his "300" riches aside in the name of quality directing. If not, the graphic novel community will burn him.
]]>Wed, 21 May 2008 03:18:05 GMTTenenbaumsTenenbaums Blog5/20/2008 11:18:05 PMFor more than a year, I've done my best to avoid seeing "300." From the first time I saw its TV spot, Zach Snyder's movie gave me unavoidable unappealing vibes. They were the same vibes I get after seeing spliced highlights of a Jet Li or Jason Statham movie...or "War," the Li-Statham movie. The guaranteed superfluous action and skimpy screenplay would probably be fun, but with so many other titles available, such releases fall into oblivion, possibly to be passed over in the grocery store bargain bin 6 years down the road. I love graphic novels and I love graphic novels by "300" creator Frank Miller + their adapted films ("Sin City"), so what was it that convinced me to see this loud, dumb, overhyped movie? A graphic novel. Alan Moore's "Watchmen" is a towering achievement in the illustrated genre. The story of retired superheroes lured back into caped action is the most layered graphic novel I've experienced, and though I prefer Art Spiegelman's "Maus," Moore's work takes spandex to unprecedented levels of success. For his next film, Snyder is adapting "Watchmen." IMDB has a few pictures from the set, including the inspired casting of costumed Patrick Wilson ("Little Children"), Billy Crudup ("Almost Famous"), and Jackie Earle Haley ("Little Children"), and the sets are perfect comic-art hyperboles of city scenes. The material is there and the look is appealing, but what about the director? Though I've never seen it, Quentin Tarantino said that the first 20 minutes of Snyder's 2004 "Dawn of the Dead" remake was the best piece of filmmaking that year. Then in Spring 2007, the blue-screen-friendly "300" was a surprise commercial and quasi-critical hit. Make that a strong emphasis on the "quasi." The Miller-ized version of the Spartan warriors who refused to concede to Xerxes' Persian army owes too much of its feel to "Gladiator," yet has little of the Oscar winner's charm. Even the most intimate landscapes are overly computerized and the painful dialogue turns "Are you not entertained?" moments into B-movie messes. Though the fight scenes feature the most intriguing slow-mo outside of a slam-dunk contest, Snyder's movie opens itself to the kind of parody employed by "Meet The Spartans," becoming an unintentional comedy in itself. Fortunately, early signs of "Watchmen" appear bereft of such testosterone schlock, and with the expectations of filming a beloved work of literature, Snyder can hopefully put his "300" riches aside in the name of quality directing. If not, the graphic novel community will burn him. http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2008/3/10/26070.aspx Post By: usesoap
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Post Date: 3/10/2008 9:04:01 PM
Body: Jason Statham is not a name that exactly inspires confidence in moveigoers.He was director Guy Ritchie’s lapdog for “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,” before boxing himself in to roles that played up his martial-arts prowess, squelching any dramatic potential that nuanced his performances.Starring in a string of empty-calorie cinematic Twinkies (“The Transporter” films, “Chaos,” “War” and “Crank” were all designed solely to accentuate his pugnacious proclivities) only kept him out of the direct-to-video purgatory that befell fellow fighters Steven Segal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.He’s often dismissed as the British version of Bruce Willis (balding, gruff on-screen demeanor, characters of few words and a cupboard filled with cans of whoop-ass), but he has the potential to bring on more than brawn to his roles.His followers may be small, but they are loyal, and he has staked his claim on the late-winter box office, when his films are typically released to mild success.The generically titled “The Bank Job,” (what, was “Robbery in London” already taken?) is perhaps the most un-Statham film to star Statham, but it is also the most entertaining film on his resume in quite some time, and provides him the chance to trade deadly dropkicks for dramatic dialogue.Even though the title claims it was “Based on Actual Events,” you can easily weed out the facts from the filmic flourishes. Yes, it was the 70s; yes there was a robbery; and yes, an amateur ham radio operator overheard the whole break-in and phoned police. The rest of the tale seems wholly constructed from the mind of screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, two Brits responsible for the wry kiddie flick “Flushed Away.”Here, the two toss in storylines ranging from Princess Margaret porn pictures to radical black activists to brothel-frequenting Parliament members. And while most of these subplots seem to be creative liberties thrown in to sex up a mundane tale of rookie robbers, they manage to keep all the threads flowing without getting knotted up in confusion.Statham plays Terry Leather (nope, not a typo), a two-bit car salesman whose being pinched by some rather unsavory characters collecting on some old debts. Terry is contacted by former flame Martine Love (played by Saffron Burrows) who “stumbled” upon a score that would alleviate Terry of his financial woes and perhaps get something out of it herself.Terry hustles his local barroom brethren for the job and within days they are tunneling their way under the streets to a local bank vault.“The Bank Job” may come across as a grittier, scrappier, across-the-pond cousin to the “Ocean’s” series, but what it lacks in expensive duds and mega-watt star-power, it makes up for with its hungry heart.Director Roger Donaldson has been somewhat of a journeyman behind the camera, responsible for such stillborn atrocities as the Tom-Cruise-bartending-epic “Cocktail” and the I-was-boinked-by-an-alien fiasco “Species,” but he’s also helmed such superior potboilers as “No Way Out” and nail-gnawing “Thirteen Days.”He offers no particular flair here, leaving that to the intricate-but-immanently watchable story of Terry and his mates entering what appears to be a financial honeycomb, but instead stirring up a hornets’ nest of trouble.Given the lack of big names, vanilla title and low-key release date, “The Bank Job” will most likely vanish to obscurity from the theaters rather quickly. But it is a film that merits cinematic life support from those who bemoan the lack of breezy, twisty thrillers that used to populate the theaters decades ago.“The Bank Job” also provides a broader swath of American audiences the chance to witness the magnetism of Statham, who is poised to wrestle free of the trappings of his bare-knuckle cinematic straightjacket and muscle his way into roles that require more kicks from his dialogue than his nimble feet.
]]>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:04:01 GMTusesoapusesoap Blog3/10/2008 9:04:01 PMJason Statham is not a name that exactly inspires confidence in moveigoers.He was director Guy Ritchie’s lapdog for “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch,” before boxing himself in to roles that played up his martial-arts prowess, squelching any dramatic potential that nuanced his performances.Starring in a string of empty-calorie cinematic Twinkies (“The Transporter” films, “Chaos,” “War” and “Crank” were all designed solely to accentuate his pugnacious proclivities) only kept him out of the direct-to-video purgatory that befell fellow fighters Steven Segal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.He’s often dismissed as the British version of Bruce Willis (balding, gruff on-screen demeanor, characters of few words and a cupboard filled with cans of whoop-ass), but he has the potential to bring on more than brawn to his roles.His followers may be small, but they are loyal, and he has staked his claim on the late-winter box office, when his films are typically released to mild success.The generically titled “The Bank Job,” (what, was “Robbery in London” already taken?) is perhaps the most un-Statham film to star Statham, but it is also the most entertaining film on his resume in quite some time, and provides him the chance to trade deadly dropkicks for dramatic dialogue.Even though the title claims it was “Based on Actual Events,” you can easily weed out the facts from the filmic flourishes. Yes, it was the 70s; yes there was a robbery; and yes, an amateur ham radio operator overheard the whole break-in and phoned police. The rest of the tale seems wholly constructed from the mind of screenwriters Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, two Brits responsible for the wry kiddie flick “Flushed Away.”Here, the two toss in storylines ranging from Princess Margaret porn pictures to radical black activists to brothel-frequenting Parliament members. And while most of these subplots seem to be creative liberties thrown in to sex up a mundane tale of rookie robbers, they manage to keep all the threads flowing without getting knotted up in confusion.Statham plays Terry Leather (nope, not a typo), a two-bit car salesman whose being pinched by some rather unsavory characters collecting on some old debts. Terry is contacted by former flame Martine Love (played by Saffron Burrows) who “stumbled” upon a score that would alleviate Terry of his financial woes and perhaps get something out of it herself.Terry hustles his local barroom brethren for the job and within days they are tunneling their way under the streets to a local bank vault.“The Bank Job” may come across as a grittier, scrappier, across-the-pond cousin to the “Ocean’s” series, but what it lacks in expensive duds and mega-watt star-power, it makes up for with its hungry heart.Director Roger Donaldson has been somewhat of a journeyman behind the camera, responsible for such stillborn atrocities as the Tom-Cruise-bartending-epic “Cocktail” and the I-was-boinked-by-an-alien fiasco “Species,” but he’s also helmed such superior potboilers as “No Way Out” and nail-gnawing “Thirteen Days.”He offers no particular flair here, leaving that to the intricate-but-immanently watchable story of Terry and his mates entering what appears to be a financial honeycomb, but instead stirring up a hornets’ nest of trouble.Given the lack of big names, vanilla title and low-key release date, “The Bank Job” will most likely vanish to obscurity from the theaters rather quickly. But it is a film that merits cinematic life support from those who bemoan the lack of breezy, twisty thrillers that used to populate the theaters decades ago.“The Bank Job” also provides a broader swath of American audiences the chance to witness the magnetism of Statham, who is poised to wrestle free of the trappings of his bare-knuckle cinematic straightjacket and muscle his way into roles that require more kicks from his dialogue than his nimble feet. http://www.spout.com/blogs/fb2/archive/2007/12/27/23240.aspx Post By: fb2
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Post Date: 12/27/2007 7:51:10 AM
Body: This has been the worst movie I've seen in the last couple of months. Incredibly stupid story, completely bland characters, every B-movie cliche you can imagine. Even the visuals were completely bland.
]]>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:51:10 GMTfb2FB2 Movie Blog12/27/2007 7:51:10 AMThis has been the worst movie I've seen in the last couple of months. Incredibly stupid story, completely bland characters, every B-movie cliche you can imagine. Even the visuals were completely bland. http://www.spout.com/blogs/tony6333/archive/2007/12/19/22967.aspx Post By: TONY6333
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Post Date: 12/19/2007 7:31:11 PM
Body: VCXVV GG
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