I like stylish movies and I like Jason Statham, so I was enthused about seeing this film. After watching the first few minutes, I could see another "Snatch" or "The Transporter" or a combination of the two with a little "Pulp Fiction" thrown in.
But after 20 minutes, I was starting to get disappointed and after 30-some minutes, I hit the eject button and returned the film at the video store. What a piece of garbage! Talk about "gratutitious." That's all this is - gratuitous violence, sex, language - all for the sake of style and shock? I guess.
The story - if you want to call it that - was that a guy was injected with a poison with no known cure, so he goes after his killer. By the way, this is a ripoff of the 1950 classic "D.O.A." but instead of the victim being a good guy trying to catch the bad guys - as that story was - this is just an excuse for a pig-of-a-guy going after worse pigs. The "good guy" (Statham playing "Chev Chelios') has no respect for anybody or anything and really isn't any better than the slimy people he's after.
Profanity also loses its impact when you use it every sentence, too. I realize much of this excess of everything is there on purpose. I just don't think it worked. When you overkill things, even on purpose, you can overdo the overkill...and then it's not entertaining.
I will say this: after 30 minutes of this pure crap, it made me appreciate much of the other films that are out there.
But after 20 minutes, I was starting to get disappointed and after 30-some minutes, I hit the eject button and returned the film at the video store. What a piece of garbage! Talk about "gratutitious." That's all this is - gratuitous violence, sex, language - all for the sake of style and shock? I guess.
The story - if you want to call it that - was that a guy was injected with a poison with no known cure, so he goes after his killer. By the way, this is a ripoff of the 1950 classic "D.O.A." but instead of the victim being a good guy trying to catch the bad guys - as that story was - this is just an excuse for a pig-of-a-guy going after worse pigs. The "good guy" (Statham playing "Chev Chelios') has no respect for anybody or anything and really isn't any better than the slimy people he's after.
Profanity also loses its impact when you use it every sentence, too. I realize much of this excess of everything is there on purpose. I just don't think it worked. When you overkill things, even on purpose, you can overdo the overkill...and then it's not entertaining.
I will say this: after 30 minutes of this pure crap, it made me appreciate much of the other films that are out there.