Written by Oliver Fitch
War is a 2007 action/thriller film written by Lee Anthony Smith and Gregory J. Bradley, directed by Phillip G. Atwell. War follows John Crawford (Jason Statham) an FBI agent determined to take down a mysterious assassin known as Rogue (Li), after his partner is murdered.
Getting to the point, the part of the film that may have influenced my addition to the story-line of our thriller may be the scene where Rogue the Yakuza/Triads (as it is unclear for whom Rogue is working for) assassin is sent to assassinate an FBI agent Tom Lone. In being a big fan of Jet Li and this film (War) I may have unconscientiously been influenced by the series while selecting certain elements within our film.
The sword in our media video may have also been influenced by my watching of War. As Rogue’s preferred choice of weapon it is a main aspect of iconography. The connotations represent predominantly pain, gore, blood and death which clarifies why it links more towards a horror, although knives in thrillers tend to show a less masochistic approach. However the main aspect of iconography that I thought mainly influenced our thriller was the white mask Rogue wore to assassinate his targets. This part of iconography is what transformed our psycho/thriller into more of a hybrid or a psycho/horror/thriller. The masks gave a disturbing image to the audience due to hiding the identity of the characters, which created suspense and enigmas. In War the mask Rogue wears is used to make the character seem more menacing and more of a violent killer. This creates a very disturbing mood when Rogue is sent to assassinate Tom Lone (An FBI agent). His ruthless character is shown through the mask when he not only murders Tom Lone but also his wife and daughter, as shown in the video below:
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