Film: Blitz (2010)

Jason Statham is a cop with temper trouble who is teamed with a transferred officer (Paddy Considine) who was a victim of homophobia in finding a cop killer. David Morrissey is a journalist who is given leads from both the killer and Statham’s snitch. Meanwhile a female cop is post-rehab and is dealing with a youth who has ended up involved in gang violence.

Blitz has at least two failings. One being an overall televisual look (a rather ensemble piece, it is like a big screen episode of “The Bill” or a self-contained pilot for a ‘dirty cop’ series), although once it is broadcast on television, the argument could be made that it looks cinematic. It would probably better in an independent cinema as opposed to a mainstream multiplex. Or maybe I have not seen enough cop-related movies. However, “Hot Fuzz” – a pastiche and send-up of Hollywood action films – managed to look cinematic. The other failing is that at no point does Statham take off his shirt (perhaps the Kermodean litmus test of a Statham film). It also plays more as a thriller than as an action film with few action scenes for Statham to go through – namely confronting some youths in the opening, chasing a suspected cop-killer, and a final confrontation at the end. At least one scene of poignant interest is the media coverage of the first murder – a young female cop is shot point blank and reported as “dying instantly”, but we see her gasping until death.

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Long time, no see.

I've changed the blog from "Media Engagement" to a more general one, based more on myself where I will post thoughts on subjects of my interests etc.

However, this will include from time to time an attempt at bridging my faith and my big interest (movies mostly but going to expand into other media).