Category Archives: Jason Statham

The Italian Job 2003 (Review)

Several of Hollywood’s B List team up for a film so carefully calculated and purpose built for profit that a gold-digging young actress might have tried to marry it. Pre-The Departed Mark Wahlberg, pre-Monster Charlize Theron and pre-leading man Jason … Continue reading

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Snatch (Review)

At the very centre of Snatch is an 80+ carat diamond, but there is a hell of a lot moving around in its orbit. The story starts with the diamond heist by a crew headed by Frankie Four Fingers (Benicio … Continue reading

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The Mechanic (Review)

Well imagine my surprise! After a career built on playing similar characters over and over it seems one Jason Statham is finally branching out. From this point on he will obviously no longer be the strong silent type who drives … Continue reading

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In Defence of… Jason Statham

Some random quotes from the imdb thread entitled “How does Jason Statham keep getting work?: “Seriously, he’s awful, he’s in my raccoon wounds.” “Terrible actor. Worst ever? You bet.”’ “His films are works of pure garbage.” “My husband watches his … Continue reading

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Death Race 2008 (Review)

Death Race really overcomes some serious obstacles to get a solid “7” rating from me. The director is all flash and little substance Paul W Anderson (of Event Horizon fame and Resident Evil 4 infamy), it is a remake of … Continue reading

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The Expendables (Review)

Welcome to #613 in a series of films where Sly Stallone puts holes in people who speak English with a crazy accent. Continue reading

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Crank – High Voltage (Review)

I liked Crank despite myself. It was stupidly and unrealistically violent, ridiculously profane, surreal, obviously stylised, throwaway disposable and trashy… And fun. Every minute had the characters winking at the camera saying “can you believe they green-lit this shit?” as … Continue reading

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Rogue Assassin (AKA War) (Review)

The DVD menu page used both titles, so Rogue Assassin (War) it is, although from here I will be using the mercifully shorter War. I recently watched Ghosts of Mars, which is clearly B-Movie hell. this is almost B-Movie heaven, … Continue reading

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John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars (Review)

I was channel surfing one evening and saw that this was coming up, now normally I would never bother, as I have seen it once and know it absolutely sucks, but for the sake of my regular reader I thought … Continue reading

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