STATHAM

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.

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSOj8b804U

Sad LOL at having to watch an ad before watching this trailer (i.e. an ad)

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.

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.

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.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anGt4u2Aq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6gqpPqDPJk

Statham vs. Shark feels vaguely like internet meme bait. Guess that's how movies are made now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsLk0NPRFAc

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.

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

(there's a thread for the meg in its own right btw: Come anticipate THE MEG: THEY FLY @ JASON STATHAM)

hate to see this genius shaded by wins

The Bank Job -- Non-action Statham and was watchable, if a bit uneventful

six 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.

it’s good! hate to see this proud, beautiful bald man in a hairpiece tho, gotta dock it a couple of points for alone

er, for that alone