THE PLOT
Jason Statham is Detective Sergeant Tom Brant, a grizzled South London cop on the hunt for a serial cop killer known as The Blitz. Brant must stop this publicity hungry killer before more colleagues and friends are gunned down.
THE REVIEW
I was somewhat pleasantly surprised to find this wasn’t the usual Statham fair of fast paced over-the-top action and explosions. That said this wasn’t a great film, as anticipated, but still managed to be entertaining and ultimately a good watch.
Aidan Gillen (Queer As Folk, Game Of Thrones) is fantastic as the psychotic murderer Barry Weiss (a.k.a. The Blitz) and holds a significant screen presence in the title role. Paddy Considine’s supporting character Porter Nash, whilst performed well, was a largely under-developed and ultimately unimportant one.
Whilst this film did bear some of the hallmarks Statham fans expect, The Blitz was largely grit over flair which fundamentally worked without being bang-on-the-money.
THE VERDICT
Gritty, well-paced and mainly entertaining, The Blitz is an average film made better by some good casting and acting.
TC
Director: Elliott Lester
Writers: Ken Bruen (novel), Nathan Parker (screenplay)
Stars: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Zawe Ashton and Aidan Gillen
Running Time: 97 Mins
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UK Release Date: 20th May 2011
