An average movie

Oh my God… By now, I have grown so tired of Jason Statham… I mean, he is actually a decent action star but, man, he always plays the very same character in every single movie and it has become so old, he really needs to take some more risks. At least, this one seemed to have some potential but I thought it was ultimately thoroughly disappointing. Indeed, it was based on the famous character from the books written by Donald Westlake which were also the inspiration of some other solid features like ‘Point Blank’ and ‘Payback’ and it seemed to be some perfect material for Statham’s acting style. Eventually, the first heist was nothing really original but it was still well done and fairly entertaining. However, as soon as the main character got to Florida, the plot got terribly murky and inconsistent and I really had a hard time to care about the damned thing. Maybe I missed something, but why on earth was the guy pretending to look for a house?!? Also, Jennifer Lopez (who finally showed up after 45 minutes) was supposed to be his sidekick but, honestly, what did she really do to help him out? Not much, I’m afraid… Finally, even though Statham and Lopez were the big stars here, they didn’t end up with each other as they added a girlfriend, played by some unknown chick whose character was completely under-developped. To conclude, I was amazed about how poorly the whole thing was and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10