http://youtu.be/4GMBXStd3SA
WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT?! I mean, it looks like it could be a pretty accurate adaptation of Flashfire, and an enjoyable Jason Statham vehicle. But why would you call it “Parker” and then hang the trailer on this “these are my rules” hook that is the opposite of the character and the reason he has lasted and the reason you bought the rights to make a movie out of him? What kind of man is willing to do that, knowing he has to look himself in the mirror again at some point before he dies? Wouldn’t it be easier, and better for all involved, and for society, to just not do that? Obviously you don’t have rules or you wouldn’t have fucking made Parker say some shit like that!
Maybe you guys were thinking of the Transporter?
October 3rd, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Jason Statham starring as Jason Statham in STATHAM.
Yeah… looks like every other mid-tier Jason Statham actioner out there.
I haven’t read the books, but I understand Parker is supposed to be one ruthless motherfucker. Don’t know about PAYBACK’s merits as a book adaptation, but at least that movie – in both cuts, more so in Straight Up – had a mean streak in it that made it memorable.
This just looks so painfully glossied up and generic. It’s like a trailer for an episode of BURN NOTICE.