Movie Reviews7.8/10
Jason Statham Drags a Girl From the Sea and Faces a Whole Agency in ‘Shelter’
A man alone on a Scottish island must protect a girl from a government agency hunting him. A tight, talky thriller.
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Movie Reviews4.3/10
Hummingbird Review: Statham’s Revenge Thriller Is Messy, Repetitive and Hard to Love
A homeless man's vengeance burns across London streets in this taut, troubled thriller.
Movie Reviews4/10
Wild Card Review: Statham’s Bodyguard Gambles His Way Into a Box Office Bomb
A chaperone's losing wager, a savage vengeance, and a fortune won and lost again — a tale of fate and folly in Las Vegas.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Is a Spy Thriller That Can’t Stop Running
A spy tale of stolen devices, Turkish villas, and a hero who cannot keep quiet, reviewed.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Killer Elite Explains Its Rules Before Playing Them, and the Game Never Lands
A tale of elite operatives, treachery, and a secret society, rendered as a forgettable, tedious mess.
Movie Reviews4.1/10
Crank 2: High Voltage Review — Statham’s Manic Energy Saves a Mess of a Sequel
A man's heart is replaced with a battery, and he must charge himself with every conceivable battery to survive. A scream of a sequel.
Movie Reviews4.2/10
Statham and Lopez Can’t Save Parker’s Thin Script
A thief betrayed by his own crew seeks vengeance in Parker, a tale of deception and retribution.
Movie Reviews4.9/10
‘The Mechanic’: A Remake That Respects Its Premise While Failing to Honor Its Spirit
A man who fixes problems, but never once fixes his own. A hollow tale of a cold, efficient machine.
Movie Reviews3.8/10
Jason Statham Returns as a Reluctant Assassin in Mechanic: Resurrection
A retired assassin is drawn back into the business by an old enemy and a kidnapped woman, in this globe-trotting sequel.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Jason Statham’s Second Transporter Hands the Wheel to a Kid and Lets Chaos Drive
Transporter 2 review: Jason Statham drives Louis Leterrier's 2005 sequel through Miami with a good engine and no steering. Score: 5.6 of 10.
Movie Reviews4/10
Back for Seconds”: Meg 2: The Trench Is a Waste of a Good Monster”
Meg 2: The Trench review: Jason Statham returns for a bigger shark and a smaller script, as a mining conspiracy sinks Ben Wheatley's sequel.
Movie Reviews4.3/10
Death Race at Eighteen: A Premise Sharper Than the Film Around It
A retrospective on Paul W. S. Anderson's 2008 Death Race: its privatized-prison premise, Jason Statham's framed driver, the remake history, and what holds up.