STATHAM

As much as I like Crank, Transporter 2 pips it. I forgot that War wasn't his first Jet Li collaboration. They are both rubbish though (The One and War I mean).

Crank 2 could pip it.

transporter 2 ftw

has he starred in a romantic comedy? he needs to

Crank very obviously. For all sorts of reasons I think it's a film that cannot be improved upon.

his hairpiece in London is hilarious, but I don't think I want to vote for that.

Only saw Cellular, and Collateral (no memory of him in that). I generally don't go for the rugged types.

he's barely in 'collateral'; he just gives the cruiser a briefcase at the start in LAX.

oh shit I forgot about "Crank", wth me.

This is a tough one! I went with Crank, but Transporter 2 is very awesome. He's a great action star that just hasn't been in many good movies.

WHAT'S THE FIRST RULE OF THE CAR?

Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney. It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else. Don't think because these boxes are sealed up, they're empty. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you lot today, I'd make more money with me measuring tape. Here, one price. Ten pound.
Eddie: Did you say ten pound?
Bacon: Are you deaf?
Eddie: That's a bargain. I'll take one.
Bacon: Squeeze in if you can. Left leg, right leg, your body will follow. They call it walking. You want one as well, darling? You do? That's it. They're waking up. Treat the wife. Treat somebody else's wife. It's a lot more fun if you don't get caught. Hold on. You want one as well? Okay, darling, show me a bit of life then. It's no good standing out there like one o'clock half-struck. Buy them, you better buy them. These are not stolen, they just haven't been paid for, and we can't get them again. They've changed the bloody locks. Here. One for you. It's no good coming back later when I've sold out. "Too late, too late" will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by. If you got no money on you now, you'll be crying tears as big as October cabbages.

statham is the greatest action star since Schwarzenegger's Last Great RUn

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Voted for the first Transporter, only because he's clearly working really hard in all the dialogue scenes between himself and Shu Qi (some of their banter approaches the surreal, I swear).

He's awesome in "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," though. Just kidding; what the fuck is that?

this isn't fair btw, The Bank Job doesn't open in America until this weekend

I voted Transporter, but they are all good.

Except for that Dungeo Siege movie haha.

Chinatown sex scene in Crank = massive LOLs

crank crunks

crank v transporter 2 obv. went for crank. tho i'd love to watch both again before voting.

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oh man, in the name of the king: a dungeon siege tale

Did you actually watch that?????? wau, hero

it cannot be described in words

http://www.midwaysailor.com/military/salute.jpg

you haven't lived until you've seen ray liotta do a slow-mo "carrie anne moss in the matrix" style jump

he plays a wizard btw

ok gotta go to Netflix now

i cannot say you will thank me because, you will not

Is this a good film for dipping one's toes into the Boll Canon?

lol, Ball Cannon

the last two parts of the film are here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G0NzXreih90
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOBsKBdSOdY

it's all you really need to see

Is this out on Blu-Ray?

IT IS

I am so Netflixing this.

"HOW DO YOU LIKE MY KRUG?"

Is that LeeLee Sobieski?

she's come a long way since kubrick movies

Does "getting punched in the face by Nic Cage" count as "a long way"?

look just don't say i encouraged this rental

ok lololololololololololololol at liotta death scene

he knows exactly what movie he's in

those scenes don't even include burt reynolds as the most bored looking king ever and matthew lillard as his traitorous nephew.

Trailer for Death Race is online
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936373/video/8306623

disappointed that I was not the dude who made this poll.

sry boo

it is how I know we shares a blood, it is cool with or without a k, that is how cool it is

dogg

yv all seen the transporter 3 trail, right?

Arrrgh I watched War and Chaos lately -- both AWFUL. Well, I'm pretty sure War was worse. I'm afraid to see anything else by him. And it was going so WELL after Italian Job and Transpo...where did it all go wrong, she wailed forlornly.

Aw, we have War on BluRay at home right now. Should we just send it back or is there anything spectacularly trainwrecky about it?

I don't know who's giving him acting advice, but Statham does that slightly hoarse "talking under his breath" thing that made Steven Seagal so annoying eventually (other than the ponytail). For the entire movie. And is just basically unconvincing. The finale is exciting, though, and Jet Li is about three times the character that Statham's is, so if you like him, there's your payoff.

God that death race trailer o_O who'd actually need to go and see the film after watching it?

The Bank Job is excellent and loads of fun btw

Better than DEATH RACE which is incidentally opening this weekend?

OH HEY LOOK, MY FAVORITE THREAD!

lol Laurel I wondered if you had seen it yet
he has some pretty good boxer shorts action going on atop his pate in this one, no bic cuts in '71

just saw the bank job and it was great.

i like all heist flicks ever.

He was in the paper today saying he couldn't afford to be picky about women. he likes them all apparently.

I have not seen The Bank Job, I got TEH FEAR after War and that adrenaline movie where he dies, and Chaos. Have not gone back yet. Maybe I will for DAETH RACE, though!!

Oh please, if he can't afford to be picky about women, I'm Victoria Beckham.

B-b-but he doesn't die in Crank: Crank 2: HIGH VOLTAGE

Cast

* Jason Statham as Chev Chelios
* Amy Smart as Eve
* Efren Ramirez as Venus
* Dwight Yoakam as Doc Miles
* Reno Wilson as Orlando
* Clifton Collins, Jr. as El Huron
* Bai Ling as Ria
* Geri Halliwell as TBA[2]

Original Crank actress Amy Smart as Eve will pose topless brandishing taped nipples and entirely nude in a strip club scene.[3]

Former child actor Corey Haim will have a cameo appearance in the film and it is stated that he may have a scene where he is completely nude.[4]

Maynard James Keenan, of the American rock band Tool, and Danny Lohner, formerly of Nine Inch Nails, will also cameo in the film. It is currently unknown how nude he will be in this movie.

I SAW THE BANK JOB LAST NIGHT, WIERD

I just loaded The Bank Job onto my ipod for Sunday airplane watching -- watch this space on Monday for my response.

gotta see "The Bank Job"

"War" was a surprisingly stupid movie lurking in awesome movie's clothes.

i walked out of the bank job - unfortunately i walked into vantage point

haha FAIL

What did I tell you about War, Dan? See?

I didn't have a problem with Statham's character as much I had a problem with the plot being incredibly looneystupid and the director unable to actually convince me that the TRAGIC TWIST made sense.

(I mean, it's not like THE TRAGIC TWIST was as nonsensical as THE SHOCKING TWIST, but at least there are strong clues leading to THE SHOCKING TWIST; THE TRAGIC TWIST basically comes out of nowhere and I spent the subsequent 10 minutes after it happened thinking it wasn't actually true because the plot basically goes out of its way to present it in the least reliable manner possible.)

The Bank Job was OK but I dunno, it lacked something for me to really enjoy it. And I say this as a great fan of statham. Only movie of his I havent seen is the Uwe Boll one, I'm keeping it for one of those days when everything seems to go wrong and I need utter crap to boost me.

Also, psyched for Trans 3 and Crank2 (specially Crank, hope we see more of the doc ... and Amy Smart, but on that count I've been reassured by what jeff posted upthread)

Death Race = AWESOME

Just watched the trailer and it looks awesome! Couldnt agree more with that dude in it who says "now thats entertainment!"

'in the name of the king' is a film that must be seen to be believed and yet i now do not want to believe

bank job

the first few minutes of transporter 2 also

Armond White declares JS the #1 movie star:

http://www.nypress.com/21/35/film/ArmondWhite.cfm

None of today’s media favorites (Clooney, Pitt, Depp, Damon) can list so many films as good as Transporter, Cellular, Transporter 2, London, Revolver, Crank, War and Death Race.

Decades ago those would have been called B-movies. They don’t have the cachet of big-budget dreck like The Bourne Identity-Supremacy-Ultimatum, but they get the job done. Statham’s films are shorter, swifter, more imaginative and meaningful. B-movie virtues (distilling complex dilemmas to clearly depicted personal moral conflicts) thrive in the terseness and flair of these films—and especially in Statham’s understated heroism.

I really want to see Statham star in a romantic comedy

― human cactus (latebloomer), Monday, November 3, 2008 9:19 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/new-crank-high-voltage-red-band-trailer-6402

No no no nono no. No.

Appetizing language

Patton Oswalt on Statham

Jason Statham has never been in a great movie.

He's also never been in a boring one.

Statham's imdb.com profile, collectively, is a promise to you, the weary filmgoer. It's a promise that says, "I promise that you will not FOR ONE SECOND be bored during one of my movies. You won't learn shit about the human condition, or feel a collective connection with the brotherhood of man. But if you give me $10, I will fuck an explosion while a Slayer song plays".

I just watched CRANK on Showtime, and I can't understand how I missed this when it was in theaters.

I'm buying THE BANK JOB and DEATHRACE on iTunes today. After CRANK, Mr. Statham can count on my $10 every time he makes a movie. If someone figures out how to make a movie for $8, and it stars Jason Statham, then they're guaranteed a $2 profit.

I look forward to any new film by Ang Lee, David Gordon Green, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Paul Greengrass or Ross McElwee.

And now, Jason Statham. I don't know how much say he has in the films he makes. But I get the impression that he reads the scripts. And if the script doesn't make him want to drive a bulldozer through a cake store, I'll bet he punches the script through a wall.

In fact, my entire stack of Academy screeners would have been vastly improved by the addition of Jason Statham. Here we go:

CHANGELING: Jason Statham plays the kidnapped boy, who immediately beats his kidnappers to death, then fights female assassins on top of a blimp.

CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Jason Statham injects the backward-aging man-freak with a Sino/Chilean rage compound, and they fight in lava pit.

DEFIANCE: Jason Statham throws Hitler into a woodchipper, eats the entrails as they fly out the other end, and then shits out Winston Churchill.

DOUBT: Jason Statham drop-kicks the Pope through the core of the Earth, and the Pope's head goes up Meryl Streep's ass and then Motorhead's "The Ace of Spades" plays.

FROST/NIXON: Jason Statham pulls off David Frost's skin, drops him into a tank of sea salt, and then Statham and Nixon rent a limo and drive across country, shotgunning hippies.

GRAN TORINO: Jason Statham glowers at Clint Eastwood, who glowers back, creating a Glower Vortex which destroys the planet.

THE READER: Statham kills the teenage kid with a lawnmower, then fucks Kate Winslet literate.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: Jason Statham drives an 18-wheeler full of nitro into the title suburb, blows everything to shit, and then spends 90 minutes hunting down absolutely everyone involved with the making of this film, beating them to death with TV trays.

THE WRESTLER: Jason Statham, Richard Nixon, the 'roided-out Benjamin Button murder-freak, the Churchill feces-baby and Mickey Rourke drive cross country in a limo, with Leo DiCaprio's severed head on the hood, where they crash the Spirit Awards and kill everyone.

There you go. Statham! Full disclosure: I saw Jason Statham eating a salad at Joan's on 3rd, here in L.A. Really, I did. I wanted to say hello, but he seemed like he could chuck an arugula leaf through my skull.

Do yourselves a favor, Academy voters. CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE comes out April 19th. On April 20th, rescind all the voting categories. There should be one statue given out next year -- a 45-foot, sentient Oscar kill-bot, which Jason Statham will fight to the death at the next ceremony.

Statham! Yell it when you're fucking!

his improvements are worthy of a poll. I'd probably vote for the Benjamin Buttons description. I lol'd hard.

yeah, that was great

chaos was pretty lol if u can get past the idea of ryan phillippe as a police detective mastermind type altho the way he furrows his brow when talking about math is INCREDIBLE~~~~ he and statham have sum tremendous lines

obv its not one of the true greats like crank or cellular but its worth killing a lazy sunday afternoon with

You won't learn shit about the human condition, or feel a collective connection with the brotherhood of man.

Really? I thought Transporter 2 was about a misogynistic loner learning to get over his fear of closeness and allow a woman to penetrate his underground fortress.

you mean to sodomize him.

if you will

I still haven't seen In the name of the King. It's still the only Statham I haven't seen. I still believe it to be terrible crap even though I know the guy who worked on a DVD version of this film in France and he did an awesome job - Uwe Boll's name appears nowhere on the sleeve, he changed the title to trick people into thinking it was a different film etc - so good was his job that it sold qui te well and he received an email from Uwe Boll to congratulate him on his excellent work. He may have lunch with Uwe and if he does I hope i can be invited too :D

Revolver (2005/I) 0

;_;

n/m

no momo?

i missed this poll, but i would've voted for transporter 2 for its cartoonish and ridiculous violence generally & the scene where statham beats the shit outta a half-dozen bad guys w/ a fire hose in particular. plus kate nauta as the skankiest super-villainess ever.

War was entertaining but I don't understand how trading someone's face makes an Asian-American who speaks English like a normal citizen suddenly speak broken english in a funny accent. even Statham's character points that out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvPxP0Lpbs

I forwarded that Patton Oswalt thing upthread to a friend, and his response:

...these are words to live by. I saw Crank 2: High Voltage at the
theatre for crissakes. I have seen just about every Statham movie and
if there is a cult, I am probably an honorary member and will gladly
attend meetings....I have even seen his Uwe Bol movie, 'In the Name of the King'. Though I would tell whoever wrote this thing that they should skip the Bank Job, it did suck. Crank and The Transporter (I) are film masterpieces without a doubt. There are also a whole host of 40+ women who love Statham. Women who normally wouldn't watch an action movie, they will stand in line all day for him.

Snatch was a pretty good movie, though Statham doesn't kick any ass in
it. Did I tell you that I saw Statham at the Massive Attack show a few
years ago? Not only that I saw him in a crowd waiting to cross the
street heading towards the Hollywood Bowl. He was with some hot girl in
heels, who was probably thinking "I am dating Mr. Big action hero guy
and I have to walk from a parking lot? Where is my fucking limo?"
Which only adds to his awesome, he was walking with us regular Joe's.
Statham is my hero. A god among men.

Patton Oswalt OTM. I lol'd hard @ this: GRAN TORINO: Jason Statham glowers at Clint Eastwood, who glowers back, creating a Glower Vortex which destroys the planet.

I am a new convert to the cult of Statham & will be downloading Crank & Crank 2 for a Crank Double Feature this weekend! I've also got In the Name of the King on my list. Burt Reynolds as a goddam king w/ Statham to boot? This has got to be a treasure trove of lolz & OTT setpieces, right?

actually, the (very appropriately named) matthew lollard provides a lot of the lollz (sorry, couldn't resist) in in the name of the king -- he and ray liotta are that film's tag-team of really bad uwe boll-movie acting. burt reynolds is just kind of along for the ride; and statham is, well, statham only decked out in his renaissance-faire asskicker best.

wtf transporter winning this gtfo ffs

ITTOTK is also a Uwe Boll film? It's not based on a video game, is it?

Dungeon Siege.

The Crank (2002) 7
Siege Machine (2006) 6
Ghosts 2 (2005) 4
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Cranks (1998) 2
Mean Machine (2001) 0
The Ghosts (2001) 0
Ghosts of Crank (2001) 0
Turn the Machine (2000) 0
The Italian Snatch (2003) 0
Collateral Chaos (2004) 0
Cellular (2004) 0
London Snatch (2005) 0
Mean (2005/I) 0
Up (2005/II) 0
The Pink Cellular (2006) 0
In the Name of War: A Dungeon Siege Job (2007) 0
War (2007) 0
The Job Crank (2008) 0

the only thing that distinguished the one was statham's very bad attempt at an american accent. and that jet li did most of the ass-kicking, not statham.

wtf transporter winning this gtfo ffs

transporter is no transporter 2

I LOL'ed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78rxD1TTWDk

I demand a 1970s-era version of The Transporter too.

Crank 3: The Transporter 5

WD WATCH/WS

that'd be awesome.

i had the pleasure of seeing Crank for the first time last month. it was ridiculously awesome, especially given that the trailers downplayed the video gamey aspects of it....

I have never seen it but am totally open to it.

Combining the two 'plots' as it were would work really well.

transporter 2 > crank 2 > transporter >>>>>>> crank

that's the wrong way around

that is pretty much the complete opposite of what is right and good, yes.

transporter is no transporter 2

― miss pamela and the gtfo's (sic), Sunday, 6 September 2009 21:27 (10 months ago)

also, Crank 2 is in no way worse than Crank 1 - it just simply couldn't exist without the former, and is openly a distillation and exaggeration of the wondrousness of its predecessor. It is truly a tragedy that this was a box-office flop, and that we shall be denied the otherwise inevitable glory of CRANK 3-D.

Crank 3: The Transporter 5 2: Crank Dude vs. Transporter

the otherwise inevitable glory of CRANK 3-D.

a vision, as ned would say.

http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a287754/pattinson-statham-involved-in-bar-fight.html

Robert Pattinson reportedly became engaged in a bar fight with actor Jason Statham over his girlfriend Kristen Stewart.

Pattinson, who is currently shooting The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn with Stewart, was said to have threatened Transporter star Statham after the action star hit on Stewart.

"Jason is totally jacked and Rob is scrawny," a source told Us Weekly. "But Rob said, 'I think you’ve had enough time with her'. They got heated."

The bouncers of the LA bar allegedly stepped in to stop the two actors from fighting.

Statham is currently dating Transformers 3 star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, though there have been reports that the model has left Statham for co-star Shia LaBeouf.

but Shia LeBeouf is dating Carey Mulligan!

They split. Do keep up!

Meanwhile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMklQNn0OH0

Can't wait to see it. I always liked the Charles Bronson movie that this one is a remake of.

his movies have grossed 1.6bn?

"jason statham is a fucking legend"

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It's every movie he's done before, but I don't care. I'm there on opening night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv2VZi5RD6c

Nothing is as good as a Statham movie.

A woman I know told me that she went to school with Statham and that he is considerably older than his official hollywood age. oooooooo

She's not prone to making shit up either oooooooooo

I don't even know what his "Hollywood age" is supposed to be, so obviously I don't care.

He is ageless, like the Highlander or Kenneth the Page.

well said

Linked and copied in full up above but let us never forget Patton Oswalt's words of wisdom from 2009:

http://www.pattonoswalt.com/index.cfm?page=spew&id=89

If anything, being older makes me think he's harder anyway.

wait, you're saying Jason Statham might be older than 44????? SCANDAL

haha yeah i mean he's kind of one of those dudes where the older he gets the more badass it makes him seem

GOSS

I was just reminded on FB that he'll be in Fast 6

weirdly want to see the bruce willis version of this

also new york's toughest cop was a britishes?

also STATHAM

stoked!!

i love him

the grease fight scene in Transporter is what did it

dude is making a remake of an obscure Burt Reynolds flick with DePalma!!!!

http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/jason-statham-to-star-in-brian-de-palma-directed-redo-of-burt-reynolds-film-heat-berlin/

Hero.

I'm guessing they'll eventually flee the title Heat but I wish Statham would just assert "well, it's the name of my movie now."

If they do change it, I vote for Escalante!

the url made me think/hope the title of the movie was Heat Berlin

Vegas Heat would also be satisfactory

or Snake Eyes II: Hookertown

How much older would he have to be to be "significantly older?" Dude does not seem to be 50 in any way

lesser Statham movies I have seen in the past couple years:
Blitz -- crappy british-style directing iirc
The Bank Job -- Non-action Statham and was watchable, if a bit uneventful

"Safe" was written and director by Boaz Yakin. What a weird career that dude's had.

i can't imagine the disappointment of renting The Bank Job starring Jason Statham and not getting an action movie

It's about a guy working at the bank, iirc.

You don't really notice that The Bank J isn't an action movie, though? It feels like one!

When I first got this release, I thought they were remaking the Michael Mann classic Heat, which would have been a travesty.

I don't know--Statham in the DeNiro role, Burt Reynolds in the Pacino role...

still have only seen this guy in a supporting role in Cellular. he's just someone for str8 guys to be gay for.

Ahem?

I interviewed him when "Lock Stock" came out. It was me, him and one of the other dudes. They were bored and playing a game where they came up with words that started or sounded the same as the city they were in. I suggested "chicanery." Statham was very impressed. That's my Jason Statham story.

I know a number of women who really enjoy watching this guy in movies. Dunno if they actually like the movies, per se...

my wife loves his movies, probably more than I do (for example, she didn't hate Transporter 3 as much as I did)

he's just someone for st8 women to be str8 for

oh OK, I don't even think of women watching, y'know, crap like this. Just cooing over Meryl Streep etc.

Dr Morbs on women, everyone

lol, the only ppl I ever see cooing over Meryl Streep in my everyday life are gay men

not for years

xp

Unconvinced anyone coos over Meryl Streep

well that figures; you don't have to sell me on what horrible taste gay men have in just about everything. xxp

you're my type of misanthropist :)

i wonder if women like statham movies more than guys do. or at least statham movies like transporter and crank, which are quite funny and weird for all their action/violence, like they're fantasy movies for women who hate romantic comedies (i am talking abt myself here obv)

like if Statham starred in a sci-fi action movie i would be THERE without question

i am thinking of Pitch Black and how that made me love Vin Diesel

"Looks clear."

There's another Riddick movie coming out, lol

my wife loves statham, probably more than i do.

statham as roy batty in a blade runner remake?

I am not attracted to Statham at all, but I just love his movies because they are funny, weird, or ridiculous in some way and I enjoy action movies.

Chaos should get a special mention here because it is basically the plot of MacGruber played straight (it even has Ryan Phillipe!) until the ending.

statham looks just like one of my ex-bosses -- my ex-boss even SOUNDS like statham (albeit with a slight brooklyn accent).

Look, just say your ex-boss was Statham.

He's your ex-boss because you were drop-kicked through a window one too many times after screwing up the coffee order.

He then caused the coffee to explode by staring at it.

Statham in a Scanners remake could be entertaining

I would pay all this money for that.

no! i don't want to think about anything deforming his beautiful dome

people itt need to found the law firm of Dumi, Statham & Howe

lol

"Fahkin' hate green screen. Pay significant amounts of money never to do it again. You cannot fake adrenaline."

my wife loves statham, probably more than i do.

My gf likes Statham as much as I do. For her birthday over the weekend, we went to a drive-in to see a bizarrely programmed double-feature of Safe and The Dictator. We both loved Safe, but I do have to mention one thing... seeing a Statham movie at a drive-in automatically makes it 12x as righteous.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GMBXStd3SA

Clowns, priests, and JLo.

Love Point Blank and almost-love Payback, wary of this one. Parker doesn't need to be all Cranked-up.

love this guy. he's a genre unto himself.

as a parker movie it looks awful (lol at his rule about not hurting people 'who dont deserve it'), but as a statham flick it looks a little better than the stuff he's been doing lately.

How did Transporter beat Crank? Crank is a genuinely inspired piece of film making.

Because Transporter has the Rules of the Car.

First rule of the car: Respect a man's car, a man will respect you.

wau at calling that Parker - while he was alive Westlake almost universally barred the name even being used for the character in adaptations, now they're adapting one of the late ones that specifically depends on him being forty years deep into his career and casting a young(ish) man and expecting the weight to be carried? booooo.

yeah it's pretty gross that they waited for westlake to die so they could shit all over his character

Statham's cowboy hat in that trailer makes him look uncomfortably like Michael Gira.

man Blitz is grisly

Chiklis in that trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe6Viz3Jw3Q

oh hai i wrote about the parker movie here --
http://murderjones.tumblr.com/post/44829394012/parker-vs-parker

i didn't know ade was a westlake fan! that's great! he never visits the westlake thread when i revive it though.

Saw a preview for the new Statham movie "Homefront" (actually it was the ad that came up before watching a Lou Reed YouTube someone posted on Facebook) where he plays American (?) and his 10-11 year old daughter beats up a bully Statham-style and puts the family on the bad side of a meth dealer played by James Franco and also Winona Ryder is involved somehow? Looks amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSOj8b804U

Sad LOL at having to watch an ad before watching this trailer (i.e. an ad)

where he plays American

He's supposed to be American in quite a few of his movies, but it's hard to tell as his efforts at an accent are pretty minimal.

I'll definitely be watching this new one.

Just watched Homefront. It's definitely worth seeing. All the usual Statham ass-kickery with a side order of redneck blood-feudin'. Kate Bosworth's great in it (seriously - she plays a mom who'll burn the world down if she thinks she's been disrespected, and she's the scariest, most real thing about the movie); Winona Ryder and James Franco are...also in it. Script by Sylvester Stallone. Still recommended.

http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/what-its-like-to-be-a-movie-body-double.html

Crank (2006)
Amy Smart’s body double
“My most fun moment on set was Crank. Jason Statham made me feel so comfortable. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but I remember telling my husband later — something so charming, like, 'Don’t worry about it, I got ya, love.' He didn’t make me feel stupid or naked. And I had to be completely topless, and it was this crazy scene outside with all these background actors. But I was like, 'This is not a bad day. I’m taking my clothes off for Jason Statham. I’ll be okay today.' I remember getting the call for Crank 2; Amy Smart requested me and I thought that was really nice. But I was pregnant and couldn’t do it, and I was so upset. But you can’t be a pregnant body-double. It’s a liability.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anGt4u2Aq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6gqpPqDPJk

Statham vs. Shark feels vaguely like internet meme bait. Guess that's how movies are made now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLk0NPRFAc

It's a bummer that this thread wasn't revived a few years ago to discuss his fantastic performance in the Melissa McCarthy movie Spy.

yeah he's the best thing in that movie - i've unironically loved statham for years but he's genuinely a revelation there, a fantastic unselfconscious comic performance

(there's a thread for the meg in its own right btw: Come anticipate THE MEG: THEY FLY @ JASON STATHAM)

hate to see this genius shaded by wins

The Bank Job -- Non-action Statham and was watchable, if a bit uneventful

six years later I want to bristle at this faint praise - a heist movie by Dick Clement & Ian LaFrenais! it's in my top seven Stathams.

it’s good! hate to see this proud, beautiful bald man in a hairpiece tho, gotta dock it a couple of points for alone

er, for that alone