When I first see the trailers of this movie about ayear ago, the title was "War", that's all. I wondered why they changed it into "Rogue Assassin." It was war because it is about "war" between two notorious Asian mob, the Triads and the Yakuza, that is being triggered by an assassin. Maybe they changed the title because "war" does not have the necessary appeal to attract audience and it sounds unfit to the plot and focus of the story. War might be an overdescription about the movie. The movie is more focused on the assassin, not on the conflict between the two gangs, probably the reason why "Rogue Assassin" sounds more fit.
For those who have not seen the movie yet, here is a short spoiler. If you don't want me to spoil your entertainment, stop reading at this point. :-) ...... Hmmmm... so you are really interested huh... Here it is:
An FBI agent, Jack Crawford, becomes personal about hunting the assassin of his partner. Three years after the death, traces of the Rogue appeared in a series of crimes. The assassin has no identity except only that he is known as the Rogue, maybe because of his tendency to turn against his bosses. Being unknown, having the supreme killing power, and driven by his supreme objective only him is aware of, the Rogue is now making frenzy about killing members of both the Triads and Yakuza, triggering the bloody war between the two crime organizations. It turned out the Rogue was......a former operative of the Black Briar Project of the CIA. He took matters into his own hands seeking revenge to those responsible for the death of his wife and child. Of course, that was before Jason Bourne found out his own true identity and exposed the project. But by this time, the Rogue has already made a new identity not known to his bosses in the CIA.
I really do not want to spoil somebody's entertainment so I made a slight twist here. My own twist. :-)
