Vernon Boothe, Contributor

Jason Statham (left) and Jet Li had better results when they teamed up in the 2001 movie 'The One'. - Contributed

Rogue Assassin is arguably Jet Li's worst flick ever, and for those Jet Li fans going to see this flick expecting vintage Jet Li, prepare to be disappointed. The action scenes in which he appears are so bad you will groan in pain, not to mention the fact that he speaks very little in the film and then only in monosyllables. In fact, his best line in the film is "seek a better life", and it was delivered in writing.

Enough said.

The movie itself is centred around FBI agent Crawford, played by Jason Statham of Transporter fame, and his hunt for an enigmatic killer for hire who goes by the name Rogue (Jet Li). Rogue becomes an obsession for Crawford after he kills Crawford's partner and his family, thus setting Crawford on the road to vengeance. (Yeah, your typical cliché, overplayed 'quest-for-vengeance' story.)

As Crawford and his team slither through the San Francisco underworld on his personal crusade, the object of his attention is busy igniting a war between the Chinese Triad and their criminal cousins from Asia, the Japanese Yakuza, both of whom he pretends to work for while actually working for himself in a classic case of work smarter, not harder. Expect a few mindless shoot-outs and one extended car chase; Jason Statham is, after all, the 'driver'.

The film, which also goes by the title War, is directed by Phillip G.Atwell - yeah, the same guy who directed that 2001 monstrosity The Wash - and while this film is an improvement on that piece of rubbish, it really should have been released straight to DVD.

No need to 'war' with yourself over whether or not to see this one.