Tag: Jason Statham
Hobbs & Shaw Trailer Muscles its Way Online
The Fast and Furious franchise just cut the fat as the first Hobbs & Shaw trailer has finally dropped. A spinoff of Vin Diesel’s race car series, Hobbs & Shaw catapults the supporting characters played by Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham into the lead roles, with...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Meg (2018)
Jaws doesn’t have to worry; The Meg won’t be unseating it from atop the shark movie heap anytime soon. Not that anyone expected it to, of course, but a little fun would’ve been nice. Unfortunately, The Meg is the type of movie where it’s abundantly clear no one involved in th...
Read MoreHobbs and Shaw Gets a Director
It has been officially announced that David Leitch, one half of the John Wick directorial team and helmer of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde, will be directing the Fast and Furious spin-off Hobbs and Shaw for Universal. The film will be a team-up of the two frenemies, and is written by Chris Morgan (wh...
Read MoreBeing Jason Statham
One of the reasons Jason Statham is such a great action hero is that he has successfully created an on-screen persona for himself. We don’t see his new movie to find out what great new character he’s going to play; we see his new movie to see Jason Statham. I would argue that Statham has &hellip...
Read MoreREVIEW: Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
August is commonly known as a dumping ground for the bottom-of-the-barrel movies that won’t get any traction during the higher profile summer months, but I tend to find that there are some gems hidden in the season’s twilight weeks. People seem to be having a great time with Don’t Breathe, whi...
Read MoreA Man’s Man
I am a massive Jason Statham fan. There are lots of reasons why I like him; he’s the sole modern action hero that feels like he comes from the age of legends like Schwarzenegger and Stallone, he’s got an incredible screen presence, he deals out violence like no one else, and he’s one of those ...
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