Li was given a role similar to the one in “Lethal Weapon 4” less talk, more fight kind of character. His fight sequence in the end (battling the Asians) was very exciting (one of them gets hit by a vehicles tyre rim). Statham on the other hand was given a role identical to his character in “The One”, a cop chasing his partner’s killer. This did seem boring because the same scenario was being repeated with the same actors. The twist they tried to incorporate in the script was that the cop doesn’t see the assassin until half way though the movie. Also they integrated the feud between the Yakuza and the Triads into the script to maybe life the storyline or fill in the running time of the movie. (Trust me there wouldn’t have been a story without it). The rest of the characters were ok because I knew only two of them and one of their names.
This movie has it all the fights, chase sequence, Triads fighting Yakuza, and the cop and killer scenario. The story has a twist in the end which makes the movie pathetic. Even though we get to see little of Statham and Li fighting the crap out of themselves. There was something that lacked in the movie; I just can not put my finger to it, maybe it was the storyline that sucked towards the end. Rouge: Assassin is just a once watch or you can skip it and if you liked “The One” you can watch that again.
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Yea, a bit disappointing. I think there was too much generic action. Statham and Li were fine in their roles, but the rest of the flick seemed hollow. A bit too random. It's like they tried to make a male version of "Kill Bill", lol.
I watched it halfway, then couldn't be bothered. That's what happens when ya look forward to something I guess, get let down..hehe.
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