Competent direction from Jean-François Richet and bone-crunching, blood-spurting fight scenes deliver the goods for Statham aficionados.
NOW STREAMING ON: A stoic man’s isolated existence on an abandoned island off Scotland is threatened when he’s detected by British secret services in Shelter,
This one never deviates from the usual John Wick formula, but committed work from lead Jason Statham keeps it firing on all cylinders despite a lengthy runtime.
Sylvester Stallone and co. are back for more action, but this one is mostly the Jason Statham show, with solid support from Iko Uwais and Tony Jaa.
A trio of prehistoric sharks, a giant octopus, and other creatures attack Fun Island in this over-the-top sequel from British director Ben Wheatley.
The new Jason Statham action movie is out now in local cinemas, and a Czech team handled its complex VFX
This expertly-crafted action movie with Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, and a scene-stealing Hugh Grant is a real blast.
Statham plays a mystery man who takes a job guarding a cash truck in this remake of the 2004 French movie
Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham return as mortal enemies once again forced to work together to save the world in this 9th film in the Fast & Furious franchise
Jason Statham takes on Jaws as a group of deep-sea explorers unearth, and proceed to terrorize, a prehistoric shark
Vin Diesel and co. are back with more of the same, though this might be the series’ second-best entry after Fast Five
Check your brain at the door: this low-rent mashup of Jason Statham action and Mission: Impossible is especially silly but devilishly fun
Melissa McCarthy plays it surprisingly straight in the blandy-titled James Bond spoof Spy as a whip-smart but socially awkward CIA office drone
Furious 7 is the last hurrah for Paul Walker, who died in a car crash halfway through filming back in November 2013
While The Expendables 3 is a better film in most technical regards, it’s lost the goofy charm and rough edges that made the first two Expendables fun
Redemption is a somber drama about an ex-Special Forces soldier who served in Afghanistan and now survives on the streets of London
Action movies don’t get more preposterous than the latest entry in the Fast & the Furious franchise, a go-for-broke cartoon spectacle
The Expendables 2 is a small but significant upgrade over the original Expendables, and throws some more big names into the mix
By Jason Statham standards of believability Killer Elite ranks several notches above the Crank and Transporter films
The Mechanic is slick, polished entertainment; Simon West is a proficient technician, and the action scenes are competently handled
The Expendables is the 2010 equivalent of a 1985 Golan-Globus production, a Delta Force or Missing in Action or Cobra
Crank: High Voltage is bigger and faster than the first film, with more sex and violence, but it also feels less fresh this time around
Transporter 3 jettisons the goofy, over-the-top fun of its predecessors in favor of a more serious Bourne-lite ride
Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race should please genre fans and represents a solid effort among the director’s oeuvre