The low ratings and reviews for this film severely lowered my expectations but I watched it anyway as I'm a fan of Jason Statham. This film is nothing special but it's certainly not his worst film in my opinion. If you like Statham you will probably like this film, he plays the same character in every film doesn't he?
The storyline is very basic, most of the film is just following Statham's character around Vegas as he seeks out a bit of revenge for an old friend. Although the action scenes were few and far between, when they arrived they were phenomenal.
The film had a great soundtrack which I felt worked really well with the slow motion effects during the fight scenes. Jason Statham is beating up loads of dudes in over the top ways and White Christmas is playing in the background, I couldn't help but laugh, it was so brutal and funny I was in awe. The torture scene was pretty grim to watch though. I even went back at the end and watched the fight scenes again they were so good.
The cast give reasonable performances and all in all its not a bad film at all. It wasn't a film stretched out to over 2 hours so it managed to stay entertaining without becoming tedious. I feel it will always be rated pretty low on here though because the action scenes aren't a constant and there isn't much ambition with the story. Probably one just for Statham fans. Overall I enjoyed it despite it having some flaws.
7/10.
The storyline is very basic, most of the film is just following Statham's character around Vegas as he seeks out a bit of revenge for an old friend. Although the action scenes were few and far between, when they arrived they were phenomenal.
The film had a great soundtrack which I felt worked really well with the slow motion effects during the fight scenes. Jason Statham is beating up loads of dudes in over the top ways and White Christmas is playing in the background, I couldn't help but laugh, it was so brutal and funny I was in awe. The torture scene was pretty grim to watch though. I even went back at the end and watched the fight scenes again they were so good.
The cast give reasonable performances and all in all its not a bad film at all. It wasn't a film stretched out to over 2 hours so it managed to stay entertaining without becoming tedious. I feel it will always be rated pretty low on here though because the action scenes aren't a constant and there isn't much ambition with the story. Probably one just for Statham fans. Overall I enjoyed it despite it having some flaws.
7/10.