I once compiled a list of the character types that Jason Statham has played in many of his movies, the ultimate point being that he’s got a wheelhouse that he mostly sticks to. It all boils down to the fact that Statham just knows who to play competent dudes who kills people competently, and it seems his latest film Safe, will be no exception. This time he’s a “former elite operative” who gets mixed up in a situation where he has to protect a young girl from –and this comes directly from the studio synopsis– the “bad guys.”
Fair enough, you know?
Here’s the poster, which is quite striking, and gives off more than a little bit of a The Professional vibe.
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I’ll be interested to see a trailer, as I’m typically fairly open for a good time with an elite Statham, but the trailer for the hilariously titled Killer Elite actually bores me to tears. Only some footage will tell me if this is more of that, or something at least vaguely interesting on a stylistic level. Fingers crossed!
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OK poster, but my hopes were dashed because initially I’d read the headline as”Strathairn”. I thought maybe he was finally getting his chance to take a crack at his own TAKEN action style role
First of all, I think the story of the lone wolf hitman, who gets in touch with his emotions through a child/ a girl/ a shaggy dog is not only getting old, it is already old IMO.
Not to say that this will be a bad movie, I just do not see the need to tell this story again, when it was depicted in The Professional in absolute perfection (again IMO).
But this might be a good role for Statham. I need to wait for the finished movie, though.
I still am confused how one can fuck up the idea of Statham as a badass getaway driver
as bad as they did in the Transporter trilogy.
Poster looks cool, though…
I’d agree, Urban Samurai. After the PROFESSIONAL, you need a very clever angle and compelling reason if you’re tell this same story all over again
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