From: ahk@chinet.com
Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
>Shelter (theatrical) New action movie starring Jason Statham. Statham
>plays a tough guy hero who doesn't say much. He's a government assassin
>who has retired from the business and now lives alone with his dog. But
>when MI6 discovers his location they send a team to kill him, but end up
>killing his dog. That was a mistake because now John Wick, I mean
>Statham, goes after the people who killed his dog. That's close enough
>to the plot. There is also a young girl in danger thrown into the mix
>that Statham has to save. Fortunately for the girl in danger Staham's
>character has a very particular set of skills. Skills that he acquired
>over a very long career. Skills that make him a nightmare for people
>like that.
>Look, it's an action movie starring Jason Statham. In the movie Statham
>shoots, stabs, and beats people to death with a chain wrapped around a
>pipe. He kills the bad guys and saves the girl. What more could you
>want? The script practically writes itself.
He's in his late 50s. No fan watches his movies for acting nor script.
His fights in his best movies were long takes, absolutely no rapid cuts,
with excellent choreography. The moves were realistic and never special
effects.
I forgot the movie I just watched, maybe a year old. He had bulked up
and had possibly taken steroids. Statham never had a comic book
superhero body because he's supposed to be a thin, wirey guy who is
extremely agile. He looks like he can fight because he's well trained
for fighting, not for aesthetics.
All we care about is the fight choreography, not a bulked up hero.
Did the fight choreography excel, or is he unable to do as much versus
when he was younger?
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