This might be the worst thing I have ever seen. It's bad. Bad. Bad. Really bad. Statham has the range of a wooden mallard.

This style of fast-paced, all-action film, really appeals to both of us, when we want a stress free night in front of the television and we don't want to think too hard about the complexities of a complicated or thought provoking story line.Along with other actors in this genre, Jason Statham has become another firm favourite to deliver the goods in a flamboyant, slightly tongue-in-cheek, no nonsense way, which is highly entertaining and watchable.Not quite as intense, the story line reminded us both very much of the Denzel Washington film 'Man On Fire', although of course, poor 'Creasy' didn't live to fight another day!

Impossible situations, lots of heavy bullets (that can't penetrate the ...wooden door of a doctor's office though), fires and explosions, "1 guy against 20" fights (guess who wins), car jumps across buildings and of course the caricature of all villains who won't kill the hero immediately but instead he will be extremely talkative and explain to him all the ...plot just to be sure he got it right! Did I miss anything? Ah yes. And a deadly ...virus! So this movie doesn't seek points for its originality. But is it fun? Well...yes. The mindless kind. To start thinking of ...reality and the laws of physics or medicine, it's a waste of time.Still, the -more than obvious- use of green screen and wire work and CGI (not the best out there) is distracting. The movie fails in that department.The script, the direction, the editing and the music, are the kind that you expect in a movie like this.Overall: It is what it is. A lightweight, not-to-be-TAKEN serious action, pop corn movie. (Did you got my "Taken" pun?)

I didn't enjoy this movie the first time I'd seen it, but maybe that's because I didn't give it my full attention, because upon my second viewing, it was MUCH better than before. In fact, I might go so far as to say this is the best of the series so far. It's definitely better than the third one.Here we have Statham playing Frank, who's now the driver for the child of a wealthy family in Miami, bringing him to and from school on weekdays. Well, he's asked to drive the kid to the doctor's office for a routine check-up, but that doesn't end well. As it turns out, a bio-terrorist-for-hire is after the boy to get to his father, Jefferson, because of his government job, and although Frank gives them one hell of a chase, they manage to take the kid and hold him for ransom. Frank's determined to get him back, and stop the terrorist plot our villain's got in store for Jefferson and the politicians he'll be seeing at the summit.If you thought the first movie was ridiculous, this one beats it for sure. It's got ridiculousness in spades; gravity-defying car flips, more one man army fist fights, and one of the most amusingly creative ways to dispose of a bomb on the bottom of your car--while you're driving it.Seriously, it needs to be seen to be believed.