Review of Blitz (2011) by Cork B — 01 Dec 2018

Not an awful movie. Statham is fun to watch - but seriously, the most entertaining part is the opening where he beats up a bunch of thugs with a hockey stick. That is about the best action you will get in this.

The badie is passably creepy - not quite Silence of the Lambs or Malcolm McDowell, but good enough. The ensemble cop crew seemed to have a bunch of useless backstories that didn't really advance the plot and just muddied the movie (junkie cop, dead wife cop, gay cop). The gay cop seemed to be there so the writer could make a bunch of gay jokes and then say 'no but really, I respect what you do'.

Also, London must have the dumbest cops on the planet. The badie leaves dead bodies and evidence all over the place. The cops all know who he is. Yet, 'we don't have enough to hold him' and the cops tailing him, despite their being TWO of them, don't think to check round the side? Yep, he's been in there all night!