Jason Statham is back, playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.
Love the bus metaphor here. The whole retired-spy genre does show how bad these agencies are at risk managment tbh. Mason chilling on an island is way less costly than the bodycount from trying to eliminate him. I've noticed same thing with John Wick, where escalation over nothing destroys half the org.
Love the bus metaphor here. The whole retired-spy genre does show how bad these agencies are at risk managment tbh. Mason chilling on an island is way less costly than the bodycount from trying to eliminate him. I've noticed same thing with John Wick, where escalation over nothing destroys half the org.
Statham movies are definitely comfort food. Gotta admire a guy who knows what he's good at and sticks to it, lol.
As a critic I'm big believer in not "yucking other people's yums." You like it, I like that you like it!
The cinematic calendar should label January as "Statham season".