Try putting Jet Li in a movie that doesn’t suck. (See also Chow Yung Fat, John Woo, etc.).
Sigh, Lion’s Gate so had the right idea, pairing Li and Jason Statham in War, a kill-crazy action film. However, the notion of pairing those guys apparently exhausted their creative steam. It’s an ominous sign that for a film opening on 2000+ screens this weekend, they didn’t screen it for critics. Shorthand: The movie probably blows. I guess the best we can hope for is that, at 91 minutes (with probably padded out end credits eating up a chunk of that) it won’t be too painful.
Morons. In a day when you have the superior-looking Shoot ‘Em Up due out soon, and following the at least dumb but fun Live Free or Die Hard, well, you’ve got to do better. What a sadly blown opportunity.
