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They do try to explain it away, but it doesn't really work and it was just terribly and lazily executed. But, of course, like all terrible twists, it's just a twist for the sake of one and not because it actually makes sense in the context of the film. Perhaps subconsciously I thought it was possible, but I didn't ever really think about it as I was watching the movie. It wasn't surprising or anything, but I did not expect it. I can honestly say that I didn't expect the twist. It shifts the focus to Rogue and you get the reveal of the twist. There's even a big chunk of the film near the end, maybe 20 minutes, where Crawford pretty much disappears despite him, for the most part, being the main focus of the narrative. Then shit happens that complicates matters and the film pretty much loses all focus on the matter at hand.
The film starts off with Crawford searching for Rogue and getting involved in this batter between two criminal organizations. The entire war between the Triads and the Yakuza pretty much bogs all that down.
Particularly when considering that the main 'narrative', so to speak, is all about the impending showdown between Crawford and Rogue. The idea of the Triads vs Yakuza might seem like a good one, and it actually is, but I just found the execution to be severely lacking. And it's not like I cared about the story enough to truly invest in it. I would've enjoyed the action if it wasn't edited by an epileptic. And, color me surprised, when I found barely anything about this movie that I liked. And I know that the reviews were quite negative for this film, but I went into it with an open mind and expecting to see something that I may have enjoyed. This film is considerably worse than I would've expected.