Lucky Texan The new movie with Statham in abundance pleases almost everything you expect from him. There is an abundance of fights and ragged editing, a chic anti-hero of the Carrier type with stories of revenge and love, a lot of blood and cruelty, the presence of erotic moments (no, Lopez will not undress). Even the ass will not show), and a beautiful knead at the end with intrigue and contours. However, the most important thing to consider is that Parker is not an action film, it is not an action movie with chases and shootouts, but a thriller about revenge in the scenery of expensive villas and beaches.
The chic beginning of the film, where Jason appears in the amazing makeup of a priest, wins a plush toy for a little girl at the fair, and then commits a brutal robbery in the company, not forgetting to calm the cowardly and panicking cop during the crime, rather quickly turns into a prologue to the whole further plot, interrupted by rare bursts of flashbacks in moments of unconsciousness of the main character.
After the robbery, the picture slows down, because the entire main film, based on a series of famous books and a series of comics, is devoted to preparing for revenge and its accomplishment. As well as another robbery for the final. Of course, to throw something quite amazing in the spirit of “Oceans” did not work, but it was done, nevertheless, very cool and exciting. Giving himself off as a rich Texan, the main character acquires an assistant, and the villains begin not unreasonably to fear for their lives.
Special attention deserves a secondary line with a hitman following Parker, after it turned out that he is alive. Scenes with him were perhaps the most vivid and tense for the film. And at the same time, it is in such episodes that the girlfriend of the main character, usually in such films, does not represent anything of herself. The second strong female character is, of course, a loser realtor performed by Jennifer Lopez. This movie image she succeeded in fame, in contrast to the past not the most successful projects such as the lousy “Cage” of the talentless Singh.
So the movie is amazingly nice to see here. Statham, the lucky Texan, as always, is brutal, unkillable and very cool. Nick Nolty is a wonderful navigator and a good friend, the girlfriend famously rounds the finger of a professional killer, well, the embroiled accomplice, although she gets into trouble from time to time, still shows herself very decently and is not a burden for the plot.
As for the villains, Chiklis is singled out for the entire four (except for the above-mentioned killer). The other three, like the arch-boss of the mafia at the end of the picture, came out completely blank spots and even wildly annoying when they try to shift any attention. Moreover, the most intemperate also has catastrophic problems with motivation in the course of action, as well as with logic. Chiklis, on the other hand, reveals that he knows how to do everything one hundred percent even after the role of a cute, vulnerable creature or a serial Super-Daddy.
“Parker” continues Statham’s career with thrillers in the spirit of “Blitz” (“No compromise”), “The Defender” and “Killer Elite” (“Professional”). This is not a downhill action "Adrenaline" and "Carrier", and not the style of "Mechanic", although literally everywhere the character of the anti-hero warehouse is quite similar. “Parker” is maintained at a good and high-quality level, offering the viewer everything that he can expect from such a criminal thriller about revenge.
Strong tense picture with bright main characters, bloody scenes and amusing robberies. A thriller about how one super thief steals from others after a betrayal, and goes through life with his own special code of honor. Beautiful and entertaining work in the style of the latest modern paintings with Statham.
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