Tag: Jason Statham

Snatch blends its hyper violence with caricature comedy in a rapidly successful heist story that still holds up decades on.

A crisp take on masculine movie cool, Wrath of Man isn't unique, but sets up and tears down the usual norms.

Someone’s Overcompensating It figures that in this current and cursed timeline, something like Hobbs & Shaw speaks sensibly. As a brazen, idiotic, muscle-driven action flick, it’s necessary to spell …

Throwback on the Red Planet John Carpenter managed to combine bizarro ‘70s exploitation and blaxsploitation together in this goofy space flick. Scenes of suggested lesbianism aboard a lonely train …

Fish Out of Water Author Steve Alten tried for a decade to see his novel Meg translated to the screen. Sadly, it ended up like this. The Meg is …

Meg-a Dull The final image of The Meg is a tongue-in-cheek, punny “Fin.” If only the rest had that dad humor. It’s odd to consider The Meg’s sin is …

Furiosa The Fate of the Furious shot its opening scenes in Cuba, no small feat considering the slew of political sanctions that left the country void of American presence. …

Mechanic: Retired (Hopefully) Mechanic: Resurrection is designed to be consumed by 20-somethings who enjoy watching a 40-something blow stuff up, peddled by 60-somethings who know how to market a …

Melissa McCarthy and Paul Feig Team Up Again Spy joins the “woman version of…” genre which appears to have sprouted wings solely under writer/director Paul Feig. A woman-led Hangover …

Seven times Faster Inside of his car, falling down the side of a mountain, glass and rocks splintering from the impact, Vin Diesel survives. Not only does he survive, …

The Cost Cutting Edition Nostalgia is finite and Expendables 3 has run out. This one is down to fumes. Expendables 3 is too far, conceptually, from the original point. …

Small town scum provide enough antagonistic clearance for Jason Statham to slam their heads through glass without repercussions in Homefront.