Homeless and on the run from a court martial, Joey, an ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld, seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity.
He then goes on the seek the killers of his friend and sort of surrogate daughter, whilst trying to romance a Nun, and work for the China Town based Gangsters....
On first look, yes, you would automatically think this is another Statham, action movie.
Even I was fooled that this was another beat em up type film, loosely based on his awful movie of last year 'Safe'.
But its a proper drama, albeit with fights galore, but Statham really shows his range in this, and kudos to him for going back to the roots he had with Ritchie before the Transporter movies made him a living genre.
Its not the best movie in the world and there are plot holes galore, but the way London is shown in this is like something I've never seen before, you either get gritty London ala anything with Danny Dyer in directed by Nick love, or the polished, trendy London, as seen in Basic Instinct 2, and Welcome To The Punch.
Its not going to be on anyone's best of the year list, and I doubt I'll ever see it again, but its nice to see Statham go for something different.
He then goes on the seek the killers of his friend and sort of surrogate daughter, whilst trying to romance a Nun, and work for the China Town based Gangsters....
On first look, yes, you would automatically think this is another Statham, action movie.
Even I was fooled that this was another beat em up type film, loosely based on his awful movie of last year 'Safe'.
But its a proper drama, albeit with fights galore, but Statham really shows his range in this, and kudos to him for going back to the roots he had with Ritchie before the Transporter movies made him a living genre.
Its not the best movie in the world and there are plot holes galore, but the way London is shown in this is like something I've never seen before, you either get gritty London ala anything with Danny Dyer in directed by Nick love, or the polished, trendy London, as seen in Basic Instinct 2, and Welcome To The Punch.
Its not going to be on anyone's best of the year list, and I doubt I'll ever see it again, but its nice to see Statham go for something different.