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Jason Statham versus Jet Li
By Joshua Tyler Jan 17, 2006, 18:34 GMT
After his partner Tom Lone (Terry Chen) and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, igniting a bloody crime war between Asian mob rivals Chang (John Lone) of the Triad\'s and Yakuza boss ...more
‘Transporter 2’ star Jason Statham is taking his karate kicks up against a genre veteran. He’s agreed to star along with action master Jet Li in the upcoming thriller ‘Rogue’ according to Production Weekly.
Statham will play a cop named Jack Crawford whose partner is killed along with his family by a brutal assassin working for the Chang crime family. Crawford sets out to hunt down the murderer, whose name is Rogue (Jet Li), and becomes obsessed with finding him.
Directed by former hip-hop video director Philip Atwell, ‘Rogue’ starts shooting in Vancouver this March.
Statham can next be seen in the Steve Martin remake of ‘The Pink Panther’, and in the next videogame adaptation from infamous director Uwe Boll, ‘In the Name of the King’. He’s also signed up for the impending sequel to ‘The Italian Job’, currently titled, ‘The Brazilian Job’.
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