This movie was jacked up! There you have it.
This was Jason Statham’s latest action packed movie. The screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone, adapted from a novel by Chuck Logan. Originally, Stallone was set to play the title role, but he had so many projects going for this year, the part went to Jason Statham not that I’m complaining. As you’re watching, you can see where this could have been a good vehicle for Stallone.
The story is about a former DEA agent living in Louisiana with his young daughter who crosses paths with a local bad dude/meth maker/distributor and as this is a Jason Statham movie, you can guess what happens next. Yup, you guessed it, violence, explosions, gunplay, protecting kids, smoldering looks, sorry, I digressed. (Sorry Statham droolers, he kept his shirt on the entire movie, oh well, can’t have everything!)
There was quite a cast in this movie. James Franco played Gator, the head bad dude in town, he was the meth maker/distributor and he was a really evil guy. Winona Ryder played his druggie on again/off again girlfriend and former “old lady” for a biker gang. Kate Bosworth plays Gator’s oh so charming addict sister. Clancy Brown plays the ‘look the other way’ sherif.
Things were going so well when they moved to this quaint little town, yeah right. Pretty much it all started with the sisters kid picking on Jason Statham’s daughter, she defends herself and the methed out sister wants Gator to do something about it, big mistake, right? Right!
There was good action in the movie, the bad part was that a lot of it took place at night, a lot harder to see the moves and blows, you could hear them though. And I have to say I really liked Izabela Vidovic, who played the daughter, Maddy, she had some moves, a good right hook and thinks on her feet. There were also some wonderfully clever concoctions and wiring, etc, very Statham/Macguyver, as he is apt to do in his movies.
Moral of the story, let people be, don’t mess with them and they won’t have to mess with you and, oh yeah…if Jason Statham has a kid in a movie or is assigned to protect a kid in a movie, then watch out and all I have to say is…don’t these bad guys ever learn?
Peaches Prattlings 