City Odyssey

Spoiler alert: This review contains spoilers and plot details.

It’s been cold in St. Louis and there isn’t much to do outdoors, so I decided to go to the movies this past weekend.

I saw the preview for the movie late last year and I knew I had to watch it. I’m a huge Jason Statham fan. Even though most of his movies have a similar formula, I am still excited to watch any projects he is in.

Jason Statham plays Michael Mason, a former MI6 intelligence operative who has been “dead” for ten years. He lives off grid on an island with his dog. Each week, a young girl named Jessie and her uncle drop off supplies for Michael by boat. One fateful day, as Jessie is returning to her boat, a storm knocks her boat off and she starts to drown. Michael saves Jessie but is unable to save Jessie’s uncle, who is her last remaining relative. Michael cares for Jessie as her leg was trapped in a fishing net and has now become infected. Michael goes to the nearby town for some medical supplies, where he triggers a security alert when he is captured on camera.

MI6 are now on the lookout for him. Unfortunately for Michael, he is supposed to be “dead”, but his new assumed identity and records are under a terrorist’s name. The agency is adamant to find him and send a team of killers to take him out. In true Jason Statham fashion, he kills everyone. His hideout has been discovered, and so he has to leave with Jessie. They both leave the island and are on the run. They embark on a series of events, where they try to escape being captured or killed. If you’ve seen a Jason Statham movie, you know how this goes. He basically fights or kills everyone who is out to get him. In the end, he kills his former boss/ handler, Manafort.

It was an enjoyable movie if you enjoy action packed movies. The plot was good and it got the job done. Like I mentioned before, if you know the Jason Statham formula, the movie becomes predictable. You can expect how it will unfold. It reminded me a lot of The Bee Keeper, which is another Jason Statham movie. It had the whole operative thing, being on the run, having a different identity etc. Overall, I’d say it’s worth a trip to the movies. I’ll give it a 7/10.

What movie(s) have you seen recently?