Kristen Stewart

Kristen Jaymes Stewart was born in Los Angeles, California on April 9th, 1990 to John Stewart and Jules Mann-Stewart. Kristen’s father, John, works as a stage manager and TV producer for different organizations, most notably FOX. Her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, is originally from Australia and works as a script supervisor in Los Angeles. Kristen also has an older brother, Cameron.

When Kristen was young, her family relocated to Colorado, where they lived for several years before moving back to Los Angeles. Her acting career began after an agent noticed her performing in a school Christmas play when she was eight years old. After a non-speaking part in a Disney TV movie, Kristen acted in the role of Sam Jennings in The Safety of Objects. Shortly after completing this film, Kristen landed the part of Jodie Foster’s daughter in Panic Room (2002). Then only 12 years old, Kristen was already working with one of the biggest names in Hollywood. She received praise for her performance in the film, and, as a result, garnered the respect of the Hollywood community and was nominated for a Young Artist Award (for a complete list of Kristen’s feature film roles, please refer to the “Filmography” page).

Since the start of her Hollywood career, Kristen has entertained moviegoers with her impassioned character portrayals, specifically that of Bella Swan (in Twilight). With multiple projects currently filming or in the production phases, Kristen continues to move forward in her career and look ahead for new opportunities.

Kristen Stewart

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Kristen has three dogs and a cat.

Kristen loves reading; additionally, she aspires to go to college for a degree in literature and potentially pursue writing as a career.

Kristen is close friends with her Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Nikki Reed.

Kristen is currently dating actor Michael Angarano.

A fervent surfer who bears a striking resemblance to the young Jodie_Foster, Kristen Stewart was poised to become a preteen star with her role opposite Foster in David_Fincher's atmospheric thriller Panic_Room (2002). A resident of Los Angeles, Stewart's nascent acting career got off to a promising start when she was cast in two vastly different films. Eschewing fluffy kids' movies, Stewart played troubled single mother Patricia_Clarkson's tomboy daughter in independent film darling Rose_Troche's tough examination of suburban angst, The Safety of Objects (2002). Stewart subsequently got her first taste of major Hollywood success with Panic_Room. Replacing the original child actress cast as divorcée Meg's sullen, diabetic daughter Sarah, Stewart became an even more felicitous choice when original star Nicole_Kidman dropped out and Foster stepped in. Though critics were less than ecstatic about the film, Stewart still garnered positive notice for her believable presence as Foster's offspring.

Following a supporting performance as the daughter of a couple who unknowingly move into a seemingly haunted house in the 2003 chiller Cold Creek Manor, Stewart took top billing in the emotionally charged drama Speak in 2004. Cast as a traumatized high school freshman whose status as a selective mute draws the concern of friends and family, Stewart's handling of the remarkably intimate material drew praise from critics and Sundance audiences. Stewart would also continue to impress critics with her thoughtful performances in movies like 2007's The Cake Eaters and Into the Wild, but one of her most attention-grabbing roles would come in 2008, when she was cast as Bella Swan in the big screen adaptation of the teen-centric vampire romance novel Twilight. A franchise already adored by legions of tween fans, the ensuing series of films, 2009's New Moon, 2010's Eclipse, 2011's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, and 2012's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, would make Stewart a household name. Despite this, the actress remained selective and thoughtful in her other roles, starring opposite Jesse Eisenberg in the cult hit 2009 comedy/drama Adventureland, and playing innovating rock star Joan Jett in 2010's The Runaways.

2012 would see Stewart joining Sam Riley and Kirsten Dunst for a much anticipated cinematic adaptation of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Biography

Born on April 9, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, Kristen Stewart is an actress best known for her roles in Panic room, Twilight, Catch That Kid, and Into the Wild. The daughter of a stage manager and producer and a scriptwriter, she attended school until she reached the seventh grade. After which, she just continued her schooling via correspondence.

Stewart said she was discovered when an agent saw her perform in her elementary school’s Christmas show. Her first role was a short, non-speaking character in the Disney television production called The Thirteenth Year. She then appeared in the independently produced The Safety of Objects, where she took on the role of a tomboy daughter of a troubled single mother. She also played the diabetic daughter of Jodie Foster’s character in the suspense thriller Panic Room, a role which earned her positive feedback.

Following Panic Room was another thriller called Cold Creek Manor, where she played the daughter of Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone’s characters. This was followed by her first starring role, the action comedy Catch That Kid with Max Thieriot and Corbin Bleu. Her other screen credits include another thriller Undertow, and the television film Speak in 2004. Speak is her most critically acclaimed work, where she played high school freshman Melinda Sordino who closed u and stopped talking to anyone after being raped. She was lauded for bringing character into a role with so few speaking lines.

In 2005, Stewart landed a role in the fantasy-adventure feature Zathura as irresponsible older sister Lisa. The following year, she appeared as Maya in Fierce People and the supernatural thriller The Messengers. In 2007, Stewart landed the role of Isabella Swan in Twilight, based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling vampire novel of the same name. She reprised her role on the sequels - The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010).

Other roles of the actress include those in The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) and The Runaways (2010), where she portrayed the legendary Joan Jett. She is also known for her role in Adventureland (2009) alongside Jesse Eisenberg.

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Birth Name

Kristen Jaymes Stewart

Gender

Female

Fun Facts

Has an older brother named Cameron. They both live with their parents in the Los Angeles area.

Her father is John Stewart, a TV Producer who works at FOX TV. Currently co-producing "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (2004).

Shares her birthday, April 9, with actor Dennis Quaid who played her father in Cold Creek Manor (2003).

Born in Los Angeles, California and then spent some of her early years in Colorado and has moved back to Los Angeles where she currently resides with her parents.

Replaced Hayden Panettiere in Panic Room (2002).

Had to wear brown contact lenses for Twilight (2008/I) because she has naturally green eyes while Bella's eyes are supposed to be brown.

Nominated 3 consecutive years (2003-2005) for the Young Artist Award, but never won.

Her mother is a Script Supervisor, who hails from Australia.

Named The Movie Fanatic's Hottest Young Actress. (2008).

Wants to go to college to major in literature.

Has 3 dogs: Oz, a border collie mix, Jack and Lily who are mutts.

Her mother is Australian.

Her mother was born in Maroochydore, Queensland in Australia.

Reads novels by Charles Bukowski and Kurt Vonnegut.

Owns a cat named 'Jella'.

Favorite book is 'East of Eden' by John Steinbeck.

In her spare time she surfs and plays guitar.

Her favorite bands are U2, Radiohead, the Beatles, the Specials, Laura Marling, Green Day, Nirvana and Beck.

Currently dating actor Michael Angarano.

Rock

Dwayne Johnson Biography

DWAYNE JOHNSON

Birth Name: Dwayne Douglas Johnson

Date of Birth: May 2, 1972

Hailing from the sunshine state, Miami, Florida, Johnson became best known for his character "The Rock" in the WWF. Son of former wrestler Rocky Johnson, and grandson of professional wrestler Peter Fanene, (both in the WWF) Dwayne was soon to follow in his father's and grandfather's footsteps, when his career as a football player ended in injury while attending college. Joining NCAA, his wrestling genes came in handy and in 1990 became part of their National Championship team.

Entering the World Wrestling Federation in 1996, Johnson quickly rose to fame with guidance and training from a current wrestler, Bret Hart. By the end of the year he earned the Intercontinental belt. Only a few years later, he won the world title, and spent the following years winning and losing matches according to the WWF script.

While pinning opponents in the ring, Johnson made time to perform on other shows, guest-starring on series like That 70's Show, The Net, Star Trek: Voyager and DAG.

In 2000 he expanded his acting talents yet again by taking on the role of the villainous Scorpion King in The Mummy sequel, The Mummy Returns. While working on the film, inspiration struck the writers and a prequel, The Scorpion King, was penned for Johnson to star in. He also had success with a starring role in the action flick The Rundown (2003), which debuted at number one at the North American box office. He received kudos for his acting ability from a number of critics and has gone on to star in several family flicks that were box office hits, such as The Game Plan (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009) and The Tooth Fairy (2010). He has also made guest appearances on the Disney Channel shows Cory in the House and Hannah Montana. Up next for the star is the highly-anticipated sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012), the action blockbuster G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2012), plus a string of other films still in production.

Dwayne Johnson was born into a professional wrestling family in 1972. An injury ended his college football career, so he entered the ring with the Word Wrestling Federation. As "The Rock," he famously feuded with wrestler Steve Austin and won the WWF Heavyweight title six times. Johnson parlayed his wrestling fame into a film career,

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appearing in 2001's The Mummy and 2010's Tooth Fairy.

Profile

Professional wrestler, actor. Born Dwayne Douglas Johnson on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. The grandson of professional wrestler Peter "High Chief" Fanene Maivia and son of wrestler Rocky Johnson, the young Johnson grew up watching his father perform in the ring. But with no plans to follow in his footsteps, Johnson played college football at the University of Miami where he had great success until a back injury cost him a spot in the NFL.

With few prospects in professional football, Johnson turned to wrestling, debuting in the WWF against the Brooklyn Brawler in Texas. After a couple more matches, including a tag team win with Bart Sawyer, the WWF signed him under the name Flex Kavana. A year later, he joined The Nation of Domination, eventually taking over its leadership and calling himself The Rock. He later joined another band of elite wrestlers known as The Corporation and began a notorious feud with Steve Austin. Also known as "The People's Champ," The Rock has won the WWF Heavyweight title six times and the WWF Tag Team championships five times.

Outside the ring, The Rock has made appearances in several films, including 2001's The Mummy Returns, 2002's The Scorpion King, 2005's Be Cool, and 2007's The Game Plan.

He married his high school sweetheart, Dany Garcia, in 1997 (divorced in 2007); they have one daughter, Simone Alexandra.

Johnson married Dany Garcia in 1997 and they have a daughter, Simone Alexandra, born August 14, 2001. Unfortunately, they divorced in May 2008.

Filmography:

Empire State (2013)

Pain and Gain (2013)

Snitch (2013)

G.I. Joe: Retaliation(2012)

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island(2012)

Fast Five(2011)

Faster(2010)

The Other Guys(2010)

Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)

Tooth Fairy(2010)

Race to Witch Mountain(2009)

Planet 51 (2009) (voice)

Get Smart(2008)

The Game Plan(2007)

Reno 911!: Miami(2007)

Gridiron Gang(2006)

Southland Tales(2006)

Gridiron Gang(2006)

Doom(2005)

Be Cool(2005)

Walking Tall(2004)

The Rundown(2003)

The Scorpion King(2002)

The Mummy Returns(2001)

Filmography

Actor G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2012)

Actor Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

Actor Journey 2: The Mysterious Island - An IMAX 3D Experience (2012)

Actor Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3D (2012)

Actor Fast Five (2011)

Actor Fast Five: The IMAX Experience (2011)

Actor Faster (2010)

Actor The Other Guys (2010)

Actor Tooth Fairy (2010)

Actor Planet 51 (2009)

Actor Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

Actor Get Smart (2008)

Actor Southland Tales (2008)

Actor The Game Plan (2007)

Actor Gridiron Gang (2006)

Actor Be Cool (2005)

Actor Doom (2005)

Actor Walking Tall (2004)

Actor The Rundown (2003)

Actor The Scorpion King (2002)

Actor The Mummy Returns (2001)

Emma Watson

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born to Jacqueline and Chris at 6.00pm on 15th April, 1990 in Paris, France. Jacqueline and Chris both work as lawyers. Emma, her parents and her brother Alex (three years Emma’s junior) moved back to England when Emma was five years old. Emma grew up in Oxfordshire but now lives in London during her university holidays.

In September 1995, at the age of five, Emma attended Lynams School, the nursery school for the prestigious Dragon School in Oxford. Emma first demonstrated her talent for acting at Lynams School when, at the age of seven, she won the Daisy Pratt poetry competition for her recital of The Sea by James Reeves.

September 1999

The big audition

In September 1998 at the age of eight, Emma moved to the main Dragon School where she would spend a very happy five years between films. In 1999 at the age of nine, Emma was given the opportunity to audition for a role in the upcoming Harry Potter film. The rest, as they say, is history.

In 2000 when she was ten, Emma began filming for the first time with 11 year old Daniel Radcliffe and 12 year old Rupert Grint. She was extremely nervous! But, she had no reason to fear as, on its opening day, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone broke records all over the world and Emma won great critical acclaim for her performance as Hermione Granger.

The Harry Potter years

Ten years and six films later, Emma continues to play the role she has made her own and is currently filming the last two films in the series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2. During this time Emma’s global popularity has won her many awards such as the AOL Moviegoer’s Award for Best Actress (won on two occasions and runner-up on another) and countless magazine covers. She was the youngest actress to grace both the covers of Teen Vogue (2005) and the UK’s Tatler magazine (2007) and has since appeared on covers and in magazines such as V, Italian Vogue and Elle. 

In 2007 Emma accepted her first role outside of the Harry Potter films playing Pauline Fossil in the BBC’s drama Ballet Shoes. The drama was incredibly well received and was viewed by a staggering 5.2 million people. The following year, Emma voiced her first animated character (playing opposite Dustin Hoffman, Sigourney Weaver and Matthew Broderick) with the role of Princess Pea in Universal Pictures' The Tale of Despereaux.

Education

Her education remains a passion equally close to Emma’s heart and she has continued to excel in all aspects of school life particularly exams! Aged 13 years old she joined Headington School in Oxfordshire and went on to achieve eight A* and two A Grades in her GCSE Examinations at the age of 16. In 2009 Emma achieved three A levels in English Lit, Art and Geography, and an AS level in History of Art.

Emma is studying for a Liberal Arts degree at Brown University in the United States and has decided to major in English Literature, studying authors such as Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen and W B Yeats among others. She is currently completing a year at Oxford University as part of her degree.

An eye for fashion

Emma is also widely respected for her knowledge and interest in fashion, and for the support she has given the British Fashion Industry. She has twice been chosen by Christopher Bailey to feature as the face of Burberry in their Autumn/Winter campaign in 2009 and Spring/Summer campaign in 2010. As well as appearing on the cover of numerous magazines she has been photographed by the world’s top fashion photographers including Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Nick Knight and Patrick Demarchelier.

Emma has also worked closely with organic and fair trade pioneer People Tree, helping founder Safia Minney develop a teenage range for Spring/Summer 2010. As well as promoting fair trade and organic fashion, Emma has been heavily involved in the design and look of the company’s Spring/Summer range 2010 and is credited as Creative Adviser. Her relationship with People Tree continues as she collaborates with the company on their Spring/Summer collection for 2011.

Early Life

Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris. Her parents, both British lawyers, are Jacqueline Luesby and Chris Watson. Her brother, Alex, was born three years later. Her parents divorced when Watson was five, and she moved back to Oxfordshire in England when Emma with her mother and brother.

Watson's natural instinct for acting first came out when she was seven, when she won a poetry competition for reciting James Reeves' "The Sea".

Watson attended the Stagecoach Theatre Arts school at Oxford. She studied singing, acting and dancing, and performed in school plays. Watson had never acted professionally when her theater teachers suggested her to agents looking to cast an upcoming movie based on the first novel of the best-selling Harry Potter series.

Nine-year-old Watson auditioned eight times for the role that would make her an international star. Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, who was deeply involved in the film process to make sure it stayed true to the book, wanted Watson for the role of Hermione from her first screen test.

Hermione Granger

Watson sufficiently impressed casting agents and the film's producers, and won the role of Hermione Granger, Harry Potter's smart, bossy best friend and voice of reason. Harry Potter was portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe, and Rupert Grint was cast as Ron Weasley, Harry's other best friend. The trio of British child actors would become known around the globe for their roles as young wizards fighting a battle between good and evil. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was released in November 2001.

Eleven-year-old Emma Watson's film debut was an enormous success. It grossed more than $974 million worldwide. On opening day in the United States, the film made a record-breaking $33.3 million. It was nominated for three Academy Awards, and seven BAFTA Awards. Watson's performance received critical praise, and her status as an up-and-coming young film star was made.

For the next decade Watson stayed busy filming the Potter series. In 2002 she reprised the role of Hermione for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in 2004 for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and continued to star in the eight-part series through the final film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, in 2011.

Coming of Age

Though Watson's been closely identified with her Harry Potter character, as an adolescent the young actress wanted to be seen as more. In 2007 Emma Watson starred in another film based on a children's novel, Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield. The film was aired on BBC One, and with Watson in the lead role, garnered decent, if not stellar, reviews.

In 2008, Watson branched out into animated work, voicing the character of Princess Pea in The Tale of Despereaux.

Though they spent their adolescence on film sets, Watson and costars Radcliffe and Grint kept up with their lessons, with five hours of tutoring each day. She took high school equivalency exams, and made high scores in every subject. Watson took a year off from school to film the final two Potter movies, but maintained that she was committed to furthering her education.

Watson has tried hard to shed her child star image, one that's so closely tied to the Potter franchise. “I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me for the part. And now I’m desperately trying to find my way through it,” she said in an interview with Vogue.

New Directions

As a teenager coming of age as an established movie star, Watson has also emerged as a fashionista. Her style has caught the eye of many major figures in the fashion industry. "I love fashion. I think it`s so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world," said Watson.

In September 2009 Watson announced that she was working with People Tree, a fashion label that promotes fair trade. Watson catapulted into the world of high fashion and modeling when she was chosen as the face of Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, and again for the 2010 Spring/Summer collection.

Watson took fans by surprise when she chopped off her long locks, and debuted a pixie haircut in August 2010. The new 'do helped her shed the child star image of her Potter days, and in July 2011, Watson graced the cover of Vogue. The next month, she starred in a commercial for Lancôme perfume.

Maintaining her commitment to her education, Watson enrolled as a freshman at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in the fall of 2009. Watson claimed she chose an American university over a British education because the American system allows students to study many subjects at once. Brown was also a place, Watson said, where she could more easily blend in. “I want to be normal,” she said. "I really want anonymity."

In March 2011 Watson announced that she was deferring her schooling to work on the Potter finale. In July 2011, Watson announced her plans to return to Brown for a year to complete her degree after studying at Oxford University in the fall.

Whatever Watson chooses to do in the future, she has a head start on her peers, having earned $15 million a piece from just the last two Harry Potter films. Watson will star in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, slated for release in 2012— alongside

Blitz

Blitz Movie

Oddly entertaining, this London cop thriller dangles a tempting two-for-one offer. Buy a violent geezer caper – Jason "international action hero" Statham giving it some as a bovver boy in blue, doling out street justice with a hockey stick – and they'll throw in the best of Brit acting: Paddy Considine playing his gay police boss and Aidan Gillen as a cop killer. David Morrissey pops up as a grubby tabloid hack. It's not half bad, adapted from a Ken Bruen novel and slickly directed by Elliott Lester. London is dirty-looking, the detective work shonky at times. It's all fag-end believable, although the plot gets increasingly silly and far-fetched. For Statham, this is as character-driven as it gets: a chink of humour flashing through the bulldog charisma as he indulges in a spot of mild hetero-flirting with Considine's cop. Who knows, we might be looking at the evolution of the guilty-pleasure movie – padded out with top-drawer talent to spare audience blushes.

Detective Sergeant Tom Brant who is dispatched to take down a serial killer hell bent on killing off the police force one by one. "The Blitz" manages to slip through the grasp of Tom every time, and with the precious lives of his colleagues diminishing one by one, Tom is led to the question: if we can't protect our own, then what good are we? Written by Anonymous

In London, the violent Detective Sergeant Tom Brant is in trouble with the press and his superiors request low profile attitude to him. When a cop killer called Blitz attacks police officers in London, Brant is assigned to the manhunt with his chief, the gay cop Porter Nash. His investigation shows that the criminal is the hoodlum Barry Weiss, but the police can not find any evidence against Barry. When he is released from jail by his lawyer, Brant and Nash put Barry under surveillance expecting a new attack of the Blitz.

Detective Sergeant Tom Brant who is dispatched to take down a serial killer hell bent on killing off the police force one by one. "The Blitz" manages to slip through the grasp of Tom every time, and with the precious lives of his colleagues diminishing one by one, Tom is led to the question: if we can't protect our own, then what good are we? Written by Anonymous

In London, the violent Detective Sergeant Tom Brant is in trouble with the press and his superiors request low profile attitude to him. When a cop killer called Blitz attacks police officers in London, Brant is assigned to the manhunt with his chief, the gay cop Porter Nash. His investigation shows that the criminal is the hoodlum Barry Weiss, but the police can not find any evidence against Barry. When he is released from jail by his lawyer, Brant and Nash put Barry under surveillance expecting a new attack of the Blitz.

I’m having a hard time transforming my thoughts and feelings about director Elliott Lester’s balls-out action/thriller “Blitz” into words. On one hand, I felt that the feature was the perfect vehicle for genre hero Jason Statham, a man who excels at portraying intimidating, heavy-handed badasses. He’s good at what he does, and his turn as rogue detective Tom Brant provides the sort of testosterone-fueled excitement we’ve come to expect from the big guy. However, on the other hand, I feel that Lester and crew missed a lot of opportunities as they explored subplots that never should have made it into the final draft. I can’t immediately tell if the film is too short or too long, though I think I’m leaning towards the latter at the moment. I’ll get to that in a minute.

Based on the novel by Ken Bruen, the film chronicles the rough-and-tumble times of Detective Sergeant Tom Brant, a veteran of the streets and a force to be reckoned with. As the film opens, we find our hero engaging a rowdy group of youths who are attempting to break into a car. Instead of dispensing a little tough love and sending the hooligans on their way, Brant opts to violently beat them into submission with a very large stick. His superiors, of course, are none too pleased about his performance, especially since his unstable approach to law enforcement has caused much controversy in the past. Statham plays the character to a tee, and almost seems to relish the opportunity to play a man of questionable moral fiber who isn’t above taking the law into his own hands. The role suits him well. It’s a shame the script couldn’t properly support the premise.

As the film progresses, we learn that a serial killer (Aidan Gillen) is on the loose, a sick and depraved young man who appears to take great pleasure in murdering cops. He’s smart, methodical, and always seems to be two steps ahead of his pursuers. In order to make headway in this case, the old men in charge call upon the unorthodox skills of both Brant and Porter Nash (Paddy Considine), another decorated officer with a checkered past. Together they begin the hunt for this elusive murderer, each man bringing his own unique skill set to the proverbial table. The film jumps back and forth between their individual stories, though Statham seems to the only one who isn’t currently undergoing some sort of personal dilemma. But that’s okay.

Here’s where the film starts to run into problems. There are way too many subplots for one 90-minute feature, which leads me to the question: Is the film too long, or is it too short? Beefing up the histories and motivations driving the side characters would have been a huge help, giving us a bit of insight into why, exactly, they do the things they tend to do. For instance, we learn fairly early on that Statham’s protege Elizabeth Falls (Zawe Ashton) is a recovering addict who recently failed the sergeant’s exam. What’s the story with her addiction? Are Brant and Elizabeth romantically linked? There isn’t enough information to draw conclusions, even if you try your best to read between the lines. If they wanted to explore her story, that’s fine, but at least devote a little more time to the poor woman’s backstory. As it stands, these scenes feel like throwaway moments designed to pad out the picture’s extremely thin narrative.

In regards to action, there really isn’t much to discuss. The films opens strong, flounders a bit towards the middle, and recovers just in time to wrap everything up in a tidy, easy-to-digest package that smacks of desperation. I wish the filmmakers had focused their attention more on Brant and his quest to take down this dastardly villain than, say, touching upon the sexuality of one of its characters. Does it matter that Porter Nash is gay? Not really. I suppose it ties into his character’s rage issues, but when the film itself treats these segments as unimportant, they ultimately just get in the way of the action. Trim this sucker down to 70 minutes and you’ll have something special. After all, when you sell yourself as a nasty, mean-spirited, balls-out action flick starring Jason Statham, you’d better bring it. Big time.

Reading over that prickly review, you may think that I strongly disliked “Blitz”, but that’s simply not the case. I enjoyed every ugly little moment, though I do feel it’s pretty far from perfect. Statham fanatics are going to eat it up, as the film showcases the actor at his very best. The story, however, is pretty choppy, a problem that could easily have been solved by either trimming down the flick to a leaner, meaner length or devoting a bit more time developing the characters. Regardless of these issues, “Blitz” will be insanely easily to recommend, especially to those who have grown tired of the watered-down action flicks oozing out of Hollywood these days. The flick may be grossly imperfect, but it’s definitely one hell of a ride. Worth a rental, not a purchase.