I'm really sorry for everyone who enjoyed this movie, but it's just not what people say it is.
The scenario was plain awful. We're going from a military based persona to a homeless, drug abusing alcoholic. then he becomes a thief and just happens to end up in an apartment where the owner happens to be away for 6 months. then he finds a letter that happens to have a credit card and a pincode and he decides to stick around for a couple of months using some bullsh*t excuse to his new neighbours and everyone eats it. Then he befriends a nun that had strong personal issues herself and after the death of his 'girlfriend' whom he shared a cardboard box with when he was homeless, he goes for revenge. So he kills someone at the end to get redemption for a family he killed in afghanistan. oh yeah, and has a short fling with the nun because they are supposed to be something like kindred spirits. I mean as far as realism goes, i'm prepared to ignore some aspects when i'm seeing a movie but this was just too much. The story about redemption had something to it, but could have been brought much better in a different context with more cohesive elements. Scenes that explain the personal issues were way too long to keep me interested in them, as far as how much crap someone can take and i felt the movie used too many controversial points in trying to keep the attention of the viewer, which in my case totally backfired because it lacks credibility. As far as acting, i thought jason statham was good in playing a more emotional role and i really thought the ending scene where he cries is very convincing. Too bad the scenario and everything else just made it redundant. Could have been, should have been better... If you want to see Statham in his better roles in a britisch context, i suggest you watch lock, stock and two smoking barrels or snatch. this just isn't it....
The scenario was plain awful. We're going from a military based persona to a homeless, drug abusing alcoholic. then he becomes a thief and just happens to end up in an apartment where the owner happens to be away for 6 months. then he finds a letter that happens to have a credit card and a pincode and he decides to stick around for a couple of months using some bullsh*t excuse to his new neighbours and everyone eats it. Then he befriends a nun that had strong personal issues herself and after the death of his 'girlfriend' whom he shared a cardboard box with when he was homeless, he goes for revenge. So he kills someone at the end to get redemption for a family he killed in afghanistan. oh yeah, and has a short fling with the nun because they are supposed to be something like kindred spirits. I mean as far as realism goes, i'm prepared to ignore some aspects when i'm seeing a movie but this was just too much. The story about redemption had something to it, but could have been brought much better in a different context with more cohesive elements. Scenes that explain the personal issues were way too long to keep me interested in them, as far as how much crap someone can take and i felt the movie used too many controversial points in trying to keep the attention of the viewer, which in my case totally backfired because it lacks credibility. As far as acting, i thought jason statham was good in playing a more emotional role and i really thought the ending scene where he cries is very convincing. Too bad the scenario and everything else just made it redundant. Could have been, should have been better... If you want to see Statham in his better roles in a britisch context, i suggest you watch lock, stock and two smoking barrels or snatch. this just isn't it....