"In his latest vehicle, he is back playing a former armed-forces operative haunted by his violent past who is compelled to take up weaponry again. This is basically the setup for the Transporter franchise in which he starred, many more works featuring Statham and, to be frank, most action movies, which are (let's face it) basically variations on Achilles sulking in his tent in the Iliad until he is forced to fight once more."
"Even though the new head of M16 (Naomi Ackie) and her minions have control over every camera in the country and could track the progress of a pimple on Mason's neck using image recognition, he and Jesse manage to make it all the way from Stornoway to London in what seems like mere hours without being caught, in time for a nightclub shootout cribbed from Collateral but with crappier techno music."
Ric Roman Waugh directs Shelter from a script by Ward Parry. Jason Statham plays Mason, a haunted ex-special-forces operative living on a remote Outer Hebrides island with his German shepherd, Jack. Mason rescues orphaned girl Jesse after her uncle's death, prompting MI6 to falsely identify him as a terrorist and send assassins. Mason dispatches the attackers while evading pervasive MI6 surveillance and traveling from Stornoway to London. The film includes a nightclub shootout evoking Collateral and culminates in a final confrontation with rogue MI6 veteran Bill Nighy. The film relies on familiar, worn action tropes and predictable plotting.
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