At least you can't say they don't know they've made something big and stupid. Jason Statham has built a resume littered with some incredibly hollow action films. I bet every time his agent tells him about a new project Statham eagerly asks "does it read like it was written by a chimp? Yes? Great, I'm in!"
There's a part of me that looks at this and thinks this may be the best film ever made. I don't let that part of me out much. My life is easier that way.
Screenwriter: Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil: Extinction)
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson (Resident Evil)
Actors: Jason Statham (The Transporter), Joan Allen (The Ice Storm), Ian McShane (Hot Rod), and Tyrese Gibson (Transformers)





















OK, so it's The Running Man for the generation that grew up playing Carmaggedon, with allusions to Stratham's multiple driving movies & a bit of Escape from New York thrown in for good measure (see the bridge scene). Looks like a turkey, 'cuz the slick style factor is completely gone in this punk/industrial wasteland.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, they don't more derivative than this.
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