![]() ![]() theaters, 2.7 weeks average run per theater $22,000,000 (worldwide box office is 3.2 times production budget)ģ,434 opening theaters/3,434 max. Frank must use his covert expertise and knowledge of fast cars, fast driving and fast women to outrun a sinister Russian kingpin, and worse than that, he is thrust into a dangerous game of chess with a team of gorgeous women out for revenge.Ģ.18 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) When Frank’s father pays him a visit in the south of France, their father-son bonding weekend takes a turn for the worse when Frank is engaged by a cunning femme-fatale, Anna, and her three seductive sidekicks to orchestrate the bank heist of the century. Overall, a decent movie, but a little more work on the editing and directing would have made this an action classic.Frank Martin, a former special-ops mercenary, is now living a less perilous life - or so he thinks - transporting classified packages for questionable people. ![]() ![]() Also, bullets canýt punch through masonry walls, and still be stopped by a dead body. Note to writer: every bullet is not a tracer. I know this is a European movie, but there were several spots where the audience laughed at the corniness of the dialog. Biggest drawbacks were the plot and dialog. Shu Qi did an admirable job for her first Western movie, and was considerably less pouty/bubbly than in her HK films. Jason has bulked up considerably since his previous Guy Ritchie films, and provides plenty of eye-candy for the women. Multiple references to Jackie Chan style fighting were made, and he pulled it off without a hitch. While Jason Stratham is no Jet Li, he did considerably well in the martial arts scenes. The first fifteen minutes of car chases were excellent unfortunately the action went downhill from there (read been there, done that). Luc Besson teamed up with HK director Corey Yuen to produce a (slightly) better action flick than his previous Kiss of the Dragon. ![]()
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