No, hes not the flashiest action star.
Loved em.Cranks 1 and 2?
Ill be the first on line for No.
Credit: Daniel Smith
Cmon, how can you not root for a character named Terry Leather?
I guess all of this is my way of saying that I was really looking forward toMechanic: Resurrection.
If you recall Stathams firstMechanicinstallment from 2011, he played a legendary assassin named Arthur Bishop.
Okay, two things about that.
First, thats the least ridiculous name the actors ever been given.
Arthur Bishop is the name of a guy who collects stamps.
Second, Bishop isnt justanyassassin.
Its a pretty nifty conceit that sets him up as a cross between a hitman and a Houdini.
That movie was, of course, utterly ridiculous.
Now, five years later, no one involved inResurrectionseems like they can be bothered to break a sweat.
Its a movie made by folks who know they can do better but couldnt be bothered.
Statham, a pretty minimal actor to begin with, seems to just be going through the motions.
(Ill let you guess which attribute applies to which actor.)
Worst of all is just how lazy the script is and how pedestrian the directing feels.
from a stereotypical sadist with an Oxbridge accent (Sam Hazeldine).
The majority of the action scenes are forgettable.
What do these folks have against yachts?
For the record, the exotic locations include Brazil (Statham busts out some passable Portuguese!
Its not all hopeless.
Its still a Jason Statham movie.
Just not a very good example of one.
Its the closest this unimaginative sequel comes to delivering on its B-movie promise.
I just saved you ten bucks.
