As much as I like Crank, Transporter 2 pips it. I forgot that War wasn't his first Jet Li collaboration. They are both rubbish though (The One and War I mean).
Crank 2 could pip it.
― Pete, Friday, 29 February 2008 10:16 (sixteen years ago) link
transporter 2 ftw
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 February 2008 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link
has he starred in a romantic comedy? he needs to
― latebloomer, Friday, 29 February 2008 13:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Crank very obviously. For all sorts of reasons I think it's a film that cannot be improved upon.
― Stone Monkey, Friday, 29 February 2008 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
his hairpiece in London is hilarious, but I don't think I want to vote for that.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 29 February 2008 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Only saw Cellular, and Collateral (no memory of him in that). I generally don't go for the rugged types.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 29 February 2008 14:19 (sixteen years ago) link
he's barely in 'collateral'; he just gives the cruiser a briefcase at the start in LAX.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 29 February 2008 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
oh shit I forgot about "Crank", wth me.
― HI DERE, Friday, 29 February 2008 14:46 (sixteen years ago) link
This is a tough one! I went with Crank, but Transporter 2 is very awesome. He's a great action star that just hasn't been in many good movies.
― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
WHAT'S THE FIRST RULE OF THE CAR?
― Laurel, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Bacon: Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney. It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else. Don't think because these boxes are sealed up, they're empty. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you lot today, I'd make more money with me measuring tape. Here, one price. Ten pound. Eddie: Did you say ten pound? Bacon: Are you deaf? Eddie: That's a bargain. I'll take one. Bacon: Squeeze in if you can. Left leg, right leg, your body will follow. They call it walking. You want one as well, darling? You do? That's it. They're waking up. Treat the wife. Treat somebody else's wife. It's a lot more fun if you don't get caught. Hold on. You want one as well? Okay, darling, show me a bit of life then. It's no good standing out there like one o'clock half-struck. Buy them, you better buy them. These are not stolen, they just haven't been paid for, and we can't get them again. They've changed the bloody locks. Here. One for you. It's no good coming back later when I've sold out. "Too late, too late" will be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by. If you got no money on you now, you'll be crying tears as big as October cabbages.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
statham is the greatest action star since Schwarzenegger's Last Great RUn
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Voted for the first Transporter, only because he's clearly working really hard in all the dialogue scenes between himself and Shu Qi (some of their banter approaches the surreal, I swear).
He's awesome in "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale," though. Just kidding; what the fuck is that?
― Savannah Smiles, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
this isn't fair btw, The Bank Job doesn't open in America until this weekend
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I voted Transporter, but they are all good.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Except for that Dungeo Siege movie haha.
― Alex in SF, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Chinatown sex scene in Crank = massive LOLs
― milo z, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
crank crunks
― whatever, Saturday, 8 March 2008 06:16 (sixteen years ago) link
crank v transporter 2 obv. went for crank. tho i'd love to watch both again before voting.
― Alan, Saturday, 8 March 2008 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 9 March 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
oh man, in the name of the king: a dungeon siege tale
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Did you actually watch that?????? wau, hero
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
it cannot be described in words
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.midwaysailor.com/military/salute.jpg
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
you haven't lived until you've seen ray liotta do a slow-mo "carrie anne moss in the matrix" style jump
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
he plays a wizard btw
ok gotta go to Netflix now
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i cannot say you will thank me because, you will not
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Is this a good film for dipping one's toes into the Boll Canon?
― latebloomer, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
lol, Ball Cannon
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
the last two parts of the film are here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=G0NzXreih90 http://youtube.com/watch?v=fOBsKBdSOdY
it's all you really need to see
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Is this out on Blu-Ray?
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
IT IS
I am so Netflixing this.
"HOW DO YOU LIKE MY KRUG?"
― Alex in SF, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that LeeLee Sobieski?
― Alex in SF, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
she's come a long way since kubrick movies
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Does "getting punched in the face by Nic Cage" count as "a long way"?
― HI DERE, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
look just don't say i encouraged this rental
― omar little, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:14 (sixteen years ago) link
ok lololololololololololololol at liotta death scene
― latebloomer, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
he knows exactly what movie he's in
― latebloomer, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
those scenes don't even include burt reynolds as the most bored looking king ever and matthew lillard as his traitorous nephew.
― omar little, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 00:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Trailer for Death Race is online http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809936373/video/8306623
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 16 June 2008 07:55 (fifteen years ago) link
disappointed that I was not the dude who made this poll.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 16 June 2008 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
sry boo
― banriquit, Monday, 16 June 2008 08:33 (fifteen years ago) link
it is how I know we shares a blood, it is cool with or without a k, that is how cool it is
― El Tomboto, Monday, 16 June 2008 09:43 (fifteen years ago) link
dogg
― El Tomboto, Monday, 16 June 2008 09:44 (fifteen years ago) link
yv all seen the transporter 3 trail, right?
― Alan, Monday, 16 June 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Arrrgh I watched War and Chaos lately -- both AWFUL. Well, I'm pretty sure War was worse. I'm afraid to see anything else by him. And it was going so WELL after Italian Job and Transpo...where did it all go wrong, she wailed forlornly.
― Laurel, Monday, 16 June 2008 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
well that figures; you don't have to sell me on what horrible taste gay men have in just about everything. xxp
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
you're my type of misanthropist :)
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
i wonder if women like statham movies more than guys do. or at least statham movies like transporter and crank, which are quite funny and weird for all their action/violence, like they're fantasy movies for women who hate romantic comedies (i am talking abt myself here obv)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
like if Statham starred in a sci-fi action movie i would be THERE without question
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i am thinking of Pitch Black and how that made me love Vin Diesel
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
"Looks clear."
― one little aioli (Laurel), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
There's another Riddick movie coming out, lol
― valleys of your mind (mh), Friday, 10 February 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
my wife loves statham, probably more than i do.
― omar little, Friday, 10 February 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
statham as roy batty in a blade runner remake?
― it might look subversive, but it's actually crap ... crap does exist (Eisbaer), Friday, 10 February 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
I am not attracted to Statham at all, but I just love his movies because they are funny, weird, or ridiculous in some way and I enjoy action movies.
Chaos should get a special mention here because it is basically the plot of MacGruber played straight (it even has Ryan Phillipe!) until the ending.
― Nicole, Friday, 10 February 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
statham looks just like one of my ex-bosses -- my ex-boss even SOUNDS like statham (albeit with a slight brooklyn accent).
― it might look subversive, but it's actually crap ... crap does exist (Eisbaer), Friday, 10 February 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Look, just say your ex-boss was Statham.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
He's your ex-boss because you were drop-kicked through a window one too many times after screwing up the coffee order.
He then caused the coffee to explode by staring at it.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
Statham in a Scanners remake could be entertaining
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2012 18:25 (twelve years ago) link
I would pay all this money for that.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 February 2012 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
no! i don't want to think about anything deforming his beautiful dome
― da croupier, Friday, 10 February 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
people itt need to found the law firm of Dumi, Statham & Howe
― some dude, Friday, 10 February 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Friday, 10 February 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
"Fahkin' hate green screen. Pay significant amounts of money never to do it again. You cannot fake adrenaline."
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
My gf likes Statham as much as I do. For her birthday over the weekend, we went to a drive-in to see a bizarrely programmed double-feature of Safe and The Dictator. We both loved Safe, but I do have to mention one thing... seeing a Statham movie at a drive-in automatically makes it 12x as righteous.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 21 May 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GMBXStd3SA
Clowns, priests, and JLo.
― controversial cabaret roommate (Nicole), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
Love Point Blank and almost-love Payback, wary of this one. Parker doesn't need to be all Cranked-up.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
love this guy. he's a genre unto himself.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
as a parker movie it looks awful (lol at his rule about not hurting people 'who dont deserve it'), but as a statham flick it looks a little better than the stuff he's been doing lately.
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
How did Transporter beat Crank? Crank is a genuinely inspired piece of film making.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:46 (eleven years ago) link
Because Transporter has the Rules of the Car.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
First rule of the car: Respect a man's car, a man will respect you.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 20:53 (eleven years ago) link
wau at calling that Parker - while he was alive Westlake almost universally barred the name even being used for the character in adaptations, now they're adapting one of the late ones that specifically depends on him being forty years deep into his career and casting a young(ish) man and expecting the weight to be carried? booooo.
― ┐(´ー`)┌ (sic), Wednesday, 3 October 2012 23:36 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's pretty gross that they waited for westlake to die so they could shit all over his character
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 4 October 2012 00:00 (eleven years ago) link
Statham's cowboy hat in that trailer makes him look uncomfortably like Michael Gira.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 4 October 2012 04:42 (eleven years ago) link
man Blitz is grisly
― PliesStripAThon5Jan20th@gmail.com (some dude), Monday, 31 December 2012 03:43 (eleven years ago) link
Chiklis in that trailer!
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Monday, 31 December 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe6Viz3Jw3Q
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Monday, 1 April 2013 06:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh hai i wrote about the parker movie here --http://murderjones.tumblr.com/post/44829394012/parker-vs-parker
i didn't know ade was a westlake fan! that's great! he never visits the westlake thread when i revive it though.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 1 April 2013 14:51 (eleven years ago) link
Saw a preview for the new Statham movie "Homefront" (actually it was the ad that came up before watching a Lou Reed YouTube someone posted on Facebook) where he plays American (?) and his 10-11 year old daughter beats up a bully Statham-style and puts the family on the bad side of a meth dealer played by James Franco and also Winona Ryder is involved somehow? Looks amazing.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:23 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSOj8b804U
Sad LOL at having to watch an ad before watching this trailer (i.e. an ad)
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 31 October 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
where he plays American
He's supposed to be American in quite a few of his movies, but it's hard to tell as his efforts at an accent are pretty minimal.
I'll definitely be watching this new one.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 1 November 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
Just watched Homefront. It's definitely worth seeing. All the usual Statham ass-kickery with a side order of redneck blood-feudin'. Kate Bosworth's great in it (seriously - she plays a mom who'll burn the world down if she thinks she's been disrespected, and she's the scariest, most real thing about the movie); Winona Ryder and James Franco are...also in it. Script by Sylvester Stallone. Still recommended.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 24 May 2014 23:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2014/11/what-its-like-to-be-a-movie-body-double.html
Crank (2006)Amy Smart’s body double“My most fun moment on set was Crank. Jason Statham made me feel so comfortable. I can’t remember exactly what he said, but I remember telling my husband later — something so charming, like, 'Don’t worry about it, I got ya, love.' He didn’t make me feel stupid or naked. And I had to be completely topless, and it was this crazy scene outside with all these background actors. But I was like, 'This is not a bad day. I’m taking my clothes off for Jason Statham. I’ll be okay today.' I remember getting the call for Crank 2; Amy Smart requested me and I thought that was really nice. But I was pregnant and couldn’t do it, and I was so upset. But you can’t be a pregnant body-double. It’s a liability.”
― j., Friday, 5 December 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anGt4u2Aq0
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 18 February 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6gqpPqDPJk
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 18 February 2017 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Statham vs. Shark feels vaguely like internet meme bait. Guess that's how movies are made now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLk0NPRFAc
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 11 April 2018 06:11 (six years ago) link
It's a bummer that this thread wasn't revived a few years ago to discuss his fantastic performance in the Melissa McCarthy movie Spy.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 11:43 (six years ago) link
yeah he's the best thing in that movie - i've unironically loved statham for years but he's genuinely a revelation there, a fantastic unselfconscious comic performance
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 11:46 (six years ago) link
(there's a thread for the meg in its own right btw: Come anticipate THE MEG: THEY FLY @ JASON STATHAM)
― star wars ep viii: the bay of porgs (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 April 2018 11:47 (six years ago) link
hate to see this genius shaded by wins
― tired culché (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 June 2018 07:23 (five years ago) link
The Bank Job -- Non-action Statham and was watchable, if a bit uneventfulsix years later I want to bristle at this faint praise - a heist movie by Dick Clement & Ian LaFrenais! it's in my top seven Stathams.
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 21 June 2018 07:55 (five years ago) link
it’s good! hate to see this proud, beautiful bald man in a hairpiece tho, gotta dock it a couple of points for alone
― topless from 11am (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 21 June 2018 08:32 (five years ago) link
er, for that alone