Action Kung Fu films are primarily a genre that should be judged on other terms: Taradiddle (to at least to some extent), buildup ( to heighten expectations for the final battle), stunts (the more grievous the better), choreography (the fighting mustiness be cool to look at) and the climax ( the baddie must be disposed of in a manner that will satisfactorily settle things once and for all, with maybe enough room for a sequel). This film, unfortunately makes the grade only in buildup and a few stunts.
War, a glorified by the numbers tale of a thieve (as usual hard nosed Jason Statham) out for revenge against an Asian hit valet (a unemotional person Jet Lighthorse Harry Lee)in the midst of a crew war. The film takes advantage of a great gritty scene - the streets and nightlife of San Francisco. But all but ruins it with a caboodle of concern inspiring jump cut editing and cinematography. The director as well feels the need to edit so quickly that we don’t get time to really take in anything beyond the most basic patch points. In other words this could be a much better film, simply from what we john manage to make out it’s precisely mediocre
The real disappointments here lie with the fact the you don’t fix much of a payoff in the end. Our two arch nemeses simply collide in the end and it lasts for only one sub-par minute. Unfortunately we spend the bulk of the motion picture wasting time with passing characters trying to give insight into some kind of cartoonish version of a crime world that does zero to bring forward the plot of ground. We get unnecessary flashbacks, boring dialogue and a few bare-breasted women for the manimal in us. And even with some well paced chase sequences you real don’t get enough bang for your buck in the end. If you’re going to make a paint by the book of Numbers Kung Fu Actioner, you’ve got to color the numbers, don’t expect the audience to paint them for you.
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