Hong Kong martial artist Jet Li and British bruiser Jason Statham last starred together in sci-fi oddity The One (2001), in which Statham played second fiddle to not one but two Jet Lis. Six years on things have changed: Li's Hollywood career has faltered somewhat, while Statham has carved out an action-man niche for himself in enjoyably silly outings like the Transporter movies and the two Crank films. Here he plays an FBI agent chasing a mysterious hitman (Li) who's murdering the members of rival yakuza and Triad gangs. It's a set-up ripe for brainless action, if only director Philip G Atwell (a veteran of music videos for Xzibit and 50 Cent) could cope with the convoluted screenplay's reams of plot exposition. The quick-fire editing merely adds to the general confusion about who's doing what to whom, while sporadic fight scenes involving samurai swords and the odd ninja prove disappointingly perfunctory.

FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?