Written By- Lewis John Carlino, Richard Wenk
Starring- Jason Statham, Ben Foster
Critics Review- "The interplay between dry Arthur and crazy, caustic Steve is what makes the movie fun."- Mary F. Pols "Time Magazine"
Out of a possible of 5 stars- 2 1/2 stars
My Review-
I have never seen the original of this movie, so going into I did not expect a lot since it is a remake and I was right. It seems that with movie previews they make the movie look really good, when it turns out it really isn't this is one of those cases. The movie had a predictable ending and Statham is almost always the same type of character in all his movies; macho no holds bar badass, which he isn't in this movie. The only thing that really worked about this movie was the supporting character played by Ben Foster, who has been in some really good movies and then some that aren't too good but as established himself as an actor that can work in anything that he does, it's just the movie that cannot really show that. The thing is with this movie at times Foster is a better actor than Statham, and Statham is the main character. Another thing that was wrong with this movie that the plot or synopsis for this movie is very misleading, and if you watch the movie you will see why. At times the movie was good, mostly the action scenes, but other than that even with out seeing the original one that had Charles Bronson in the leading role it did not need to be re-made. The plot was weak, and could have been different and the ending was too predictable, and you'd be able to figure it out when there is about 15 mins left in the movie.
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