Talking to a family friend about gathering presents up for a friends upcoming Birthday,I was caught by surprise,when he mentioned that he had a film in mind which he felt would be a great title to give as a present,which led to me excitingly getting ready to look across the homeland.
View on the film:
Originally written to be the basis for the 5th title in his Rambo series,the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone (based on a novel by Chuck Logan) gives the movie a sweet Country feel,with Stallone showing that the only time matters in the area are sorted in the board room,is when a resident sees the chance to hit someone with the boardroom table!
While the relationship between the Broker family is a bit sickly sweet,Stallone keeps the action moving at a frantic pace,thanks to Stallone showing the villain's to cut any corners in order to get hold of Phil Broker,and also to unexpectedly showing the baddies having a serious sense of doubt,over if they may have gone too far in getting hold of their target.
Basking the film with lush green surroundings,director Gary Fleder uses the relaxing setting as a way to give the gripping action scenes a scotching hot atmosphere.Tearing apart the Broker's "quiet life" image,Fleder scatters the film with drops of blood and uses quick paced camera moves to show each of the punches and gunshots to strike with a real force.
Whilst not doing anything close to a US accent, Jason Statham gives a rugged performance as Phil Broker,with Statham showing Broker's sense of calm to be one that quickly burns out,the moment Phil realizes that he has to revive his brutal DEA training.Taking on Stanham,James Franco shows himself to be an excellent creep as "Gator",with Franco showing Gator's desperation in his dried up eyes,as Gator fights to protect his homefront.
View on the film:
Originally written to be the basis for the 5th title in his Rambo series,the screenplay by Sylvester Stallone (based on a novel by Chuck Logan) gives the movie a sweet Country feel,with Stallone showing that the only time matters in the area are sorted in the board room,is when a resident sees the chance to hit someone with the boardroom table!
While the relationship between the Broker family is a bit sickly sweet,Stallone keeps the action moving at a frantic pace,thanks to Stallone showing the villain's to cut any corners in order to get hold of Phil Broker,and also to unexpectedly showing the baddies having a serious sense of doubt,over if they may have gone too far in getting hold of their target.
Basking the film with lush green surroundings,director Gary Fleder uses the relaxing setting as a way to give the gripping action scenes a scotching hot atmosphere.Tearing apart the Broker's "quiet life" image,Fleder scatters the film with drops of blood and uses quick paced camera moves to show each of the punches and gunshots to strike with a real force.
Whilst not doing anything close to a US accent, Jason Statham gives a rugged performance as Phil Broker,with Statham showing Broker's sense of calm to be one that quickly burns out,the moment Phil realizes that he has to revive his brutal DEA training.Taking on Stanham,James Franco shows himself to be an excellent creep as "Gator",with Franco showing Gator's desperation in his dried up eyes,as Gator fights to protect his homefront.