票房歸票房,影片本身是另一回事。《War》的故事其實是傑哥在這六部片子裏最富戲劇性和劇情轉折的。可惜的是,為了滿足廣大粉絲的需要(我也是Jason的影迷!參見我對《Crank 怒火攻心》和《Transporter 2 玩命快遞2》的推崇),影片祭出最後莫名其妙的轉折,畫蛇添足地在加上了Jason Statham和傑哥的短短一分鍾的“大”決戰(因為粉絲們說:"We paid to see them fight!"),卻讓原本新鮮豐富的故事頓時大打折扣。
導演過幾部和Rap(50Cent, Eminem)有關的電視節目的新科導演Philip G. Atwell沒有讓“美國傳統”上和武術緊密相關的的Hip-Hop音樂完全占據銀幕(少許不可避免),這個“意外”當然應該受到肯定(我是預見錯了,嗬嗬)。畢竟,硬派動作片的受眾絕不可以僅僅局限在黑人圈裏。除了影片結尾扔出的莫名其妙的大包袱外,Philip同樣“意外”地很好控製了全片的動作流程和劇情發展。隻是部分太過明顯的廣告鏡頭(比如兩處Heineken,我這有些過分挑刺了)和莫名其妙的女子裸體(傑哥雙眼懶洋洋的看著呢,嗬嗬)還是有些讓人驚詫。 另外,稍嫌做作的黑幫老大臨死前“揭露真相”,還有居然沒有安排亞洲麵孔的Devon Aoki多一些打鬥,還是有些讓人失望。
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.