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See 'Wild Card' for another look at Vegas . . .

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Billy Wonka

In Reply to: RE: Vegas still looks like hell... posted by Eldragon on April 21, 2015 at 09:31:07

Statham plays a pro body guard with a black jack problem. He gets himself in hot water for avenging a call girl's beating meted out by a mega-rich high roller. Lotsa A-list cameos in the film with plentiful violence, of course.

One thing, Statham is brought to some weird casino-justice by Tucci who owns the casino of the rape incident. He went willingly knowing that "Bunny" could sentence him to death! (Can that be based on any truth?)

Statham and his partner had their office front and digs in Paradise and the tone of the movie was what real Vegas people do. His character hated Vegas but just couldn't escape the Black Jack table or life. An evil quicksand, per se.

Red Box or 1ch.

Follow Ups:

Stinker - Des 16:53:23 04/21/15 (3)
Almost as bad as Crank--I think JS just picks up the Paychecks now--pity
I liked his earlier stuff-
or maybe his agent needs to vet better material
Des

Edits: 04/21/15
- The script got some nice cameos, though . . . - Billy Wonka 17:09:31 04/21/15 (2)
  Most only in one scene (like Jason Alexander) but still there. I'd give it a 2.5 overall with a 3.0 for criminal interests.
  - Too generous - Des 22:06:37 04/21/15 (1)
    2 Max from Moi!--he just seemed thoroughly disinterested in the whole shebang
    
    Lets' hope Mechanic 2 coming up is as good as the first--RIP the TT--which was it a
    
    VPI/Basis/Project?--I did read it somewhere-as for the E-type- if it was an original-- there's half
    
    the film budget up in smoke--literally--Ha!
    
    Des
    - You too hard . . . - Billy Wonka 11:26:43 04/22/15 (0)
      C&D just had an article relating the costs of cars to the total cost of the film. The Mustang and Charger in Furious7 were more expensive than all the other cars combined. The Mustang and Charger in Bullit were nearly half the cost of the film. Guess they weren't stock, huh?

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