Monday, July 22, 2024

Redemption (2013)

Genre: Action
Directed by: Steven Knight
Cast: Jason Statham, Agata Buzek
Running Time: 100 minutes

 


Joseph Smith is an ex-soldier still traumatized about what he survived in Afghanistan. Now an alcoholic living the homeless life in London, he squats an apartment he knows to be unoccupied for a few months. He befriends a young nun who was good to him, offering him food. He starts to work for the organized crime, to get some money to provide to his ex-wife and his daughter. He also seeks revenge on a businessman who kills prostitutes.

This movie offers a good deal of thrilling action, but it still has a lot more substance, story-wise, than most Jason Statham cinematic vehicles. Nonetheless, there seems to be a lack of focus to bring this one to the next level. It is entertaining, but it could have been so much better.

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