From: arthur@alum.calberkeley.org   
      
   On 1/31/2026 12:33 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
      
   True dat.   
      
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   This was 50 year old Statham showing his age, while always wearing a   
   very large overcoat.  But it was still fun.  Sure he's a bit slower now,   
   but that's what the pipe wrapped in chains was for.   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMawzJxKF4   
      
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