Christmas Countdown #14: War
It’s time for War on the Amazon Adviser Christmas Countdown. Day #14 is all about Jason Statham and Jet Li.
What more could you ask for? Jason Statham and Jet Li in the runup to Christmas sounds good to me. That’s exactly what you get with Day #14 of the Amazon Adviser Christmas Countdown with War.
Just a reminder, we’re bringing you movies that are dropping on Prime Video throughout the month of December. They’re all movies that you can watch with your Prime membership, so no need to rent or buy the digital copies of movies. Today it’s all about one of the Dec. 1 drops, War.
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What is War about?
If you’re looking for a standard action revenge movie with kung fu added in, that’s what you’ll get with this offering. Statham plays a rogue FBI agent, who lost his partner three years earlier due to an assassin. His family has now walked away from him, but he’s determined to find the person responsible for the death of his former partner.
Where does Jet Li fit into this? He’s Rogue, the one that assassinated the friend and is the one that Statham’s character is after. Although, you’ll want to watch for the twists and turns throughout the movie.
As well as the two lead stars, John Lone, Sung Kang, and Terry Chen star in the action movie.
The trailer is on YouTube if you want to check it out.
Financial and critical success
Talk to the critics, and the movie isn’t well liked. However, talk to the audience and you’ll get an even split. Yep, Rotten Tomatoes sees the movie gains a 14% Tomatometer score but a 51% Audience Score.
Honestly, if you want an action movie that has the odd twist but is really just there for the fight scenes, this is the type of movie you’ll want to watch. It’s good for Statham and Li fans but it’s not full of storytelling.
It wasn’t a financial success at all, not even making back it’s budget without DVD sales. Even with the DVD sales, it only just made the budget back. Now that it’s on Amazon Prime Video, you can just sit back and enjoy it.
Next. Christmas Countdown Day #13: Gargoyle. dark
What will you watch tonight to count your way down to Christmas? What did you think of War? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
War is now available on Amazon Prime Video.