Ever hear the phrase: ‘Don’t have the player, hate the game?”
Well, it seems that such a statement can apply across so many different avenues – including ones that I hadn’t even thought about before.
For example, Jason Statham’s penchant for tense, action-filled vengeance movies seems like the only kind of flicks he can get cast in these days.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great supporting actor in similar genres, but, I’m getting bored of how predictable his movies play out.
It’s to the point now that I don’t even need to watch trailers for Statham’s movies because I know I won’t be surprised about how things go – last week’s ‘Mutiny’ watch was terribly predictable.
And sure, sometimes I’m down for a nice beat-‘em-up action movie with Statham’s dry and sarcastic humor with a happy ending.
But, I may be getting Statham fatigue after this last one.
Mutiny is an action thriller film starring Statham as a murdered billionaire's head of security who uncovers a conspiracy aboard a cargo ship.
It is directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Lindsay Michel and J.P. Davis.
The film also stars Annabelle Wallis, Roland Møller, Chaneil Kular, and Adrian Lester.
While clocking in at 95 minutes long, the movie is rated R for strong/bloody violence, and language.
Former police officer and Special Forces commando Cole Reed (Statham) who works as a bodyguard for Tibu Campallo – the billionaire shipping magnate and CEO of cargo shipping company KMG.
Reed and Tibu’s relationship extends beyond just bodyguard work, they are close friends and Tibu considers Cole to be family.
One night, after a celebration for Tibu selling his shipping empire, Reed and Tibu go on a drive before being ambushed.
Reed manages to fend off and the attackers, but Tibu manages to get hit with a stray bullet and dies.
With his last breaths, he tasks Reed with taking care of his son Kameron (Kular).
In no time at all, Reed is framed for Tibu’s murder and all of Bangkok is trying to find him.
After learning that Tibu's assassins will be boarding a cargo ship named Artemis, Reed assumes the identity of a dead assassin and boards the ship.
Reed encounters another KMG employee named Angie Ellis (Wallis), who was summoned to the ship to replace the assassin Reed assumed the identity of, and the two end up discovering a human trafficking operation.
Artemis’ Captain Marko Madsen (Møller) and his crew of ex-mercenaries, former military and all-around bad guys are running the operation and try to stop Reed and Angie before offloading their human cargo.
Reed ends up freeing the hostages before killing a crew member who attacks him after finding the hostages escaping.
After discovering that the crew is complicit in the trafficking, Angie sends out a distress signal from the ship that is intercepted by the USS Hazard Perry before being shot in the shoulder and subdued.
The hostages are quickly recaptured and ushered back to their shipping container with one guard left to ensure they don’t escape again.
Reed realizes that Madsen takes orders from Jaran Daniles (Kluth), the person responsible for ordering Tibu's assassination.
Reed overhears a conversation between Madsen and Daniles saying that they had Tibu killed to delay the sale of KMG, and to have Kameron sell the company to them.
Utter chaos ensues as Reed and Angie try to stay alive amidst Madsen’s crew trying to hunt them down before they have to offload the trafficking victims.
Of course, that’s not where Reed’s story ends, but you can guess where he’s headed once he’s saved each and very victim on that ship.
The main highlight for me is that there is a happy ending to the movie and Reed gets his vengeance.
But, it really wasn’t that thrilling or kept my full attention very well either.
