BLITZ (18, 97 mins) 5/10
JASON Statham has forged a successful career pummelling countless stuntmen to a dazed pulp as one of the big screen’s new generation of chisel-jawed action men.
Statham continues to dish out merciless beatings in Blitz, a gritty action thriller adapted from the novel by Ken Bruen about a mentally unstable loner at war with London’s police.
Shot on location in the capital, Elliott Lester’s film is brutal and bloody, opening as it means to go on with Statham’s reckless cop doling out some rough justice with a hurling stick to three youths who foolishly attempt to steal his car.
He plays DS Tom Brant, who has a knack for getting into trouble and is often splashed across the front pages thanks to local crime reporter, Harold Dunlop (David Morrissey).
Threatened with suspension, Brant is enlisted to work under newly promoted and openly gay DS Porter Nash (Paddy Considine) to catch a cop killer.
As the investigation continues, Nash and Brant bond and the men point the finger of suspicion at Barry Weiss (Aidan Gillen).
