A London police precinct is at the center of this story. It has been in the tabloids because the aggressive nature of some of the men assigned to protect the public. No officer shows more of this trait than Brant, a man with a low toleration for criminals. Being in the news, a new man, Nash, is sent to be the head of the station. Nash is gay, not hiding from the fact. A criminal has been busy killing cops from the precinct, so Brant decides to seek the man by whatever means. He discovers the motive the assassin is using to eliminate the cops, so he teams with Nash to get the scum bag.
"Blitz" directed by Elliott Lester is based on a novel by Ken Bruen. Nathan Parker wrote the adaptation. There is a lot of action in the film of the violent kind. The hero of the film is a composite of the same type of cops we have seen before played by Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, and Bruce Willis. This time Brant, the no-nonsense cop is played by Jason Statham, who like his predecessors in the genre, is a man of few words and a daredevil who will stop at nothing to get his point across, no matter what his superiors think of the methods he employs to get to the criminals.
Mr. Lester keeps the action flowing with surprising ease. Paddy Considine appears as Nash, the gay man, now sent to supervise the shenanigans of the officers in the area where violent crime is rampant. Aidan Gillen, who has worked extensively on television, is Weiss, the slimy criminal who will stop at nothing in his quest to eliminate the men in uniform seen as the enemy. Zawe Ashton, who portrays officer Falls, does a credible job as the officer recuperating from an addiction.
Rob Hardy, the cinematographer, keeps things moving at an incredible speed catching the nuances of the area where the action is supposed to take place. The incidental music score was composed by Ilan Ishkery, a man with a talent to add ambiance to the films where he is asked to collaborate. This is Elliott Lester's second full length feature. One could only hope he keeps his good work in films.
"Blitz" directed by Elliott Lester is based on a novel by Ken Bruen. Nathan Parker wrote the adaptation. There is a lot of action in the film of the violent kind. The hero of the film is a composite of the same type of cops we have seen before played by Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, and Bruce Willis. This time Brant, the no-nonsense cop is played by Jason Statham, who like his predecessors in the genre, is a man of few words and a daredevil who will stop at nothing to get his point across, no matter what his superiors think of the methods he employs to get to the criminals.
Mr. Lester keeps the action flowing with surprising ease. Paddy Considine appears as Nash, the gay man, now sent to supervise the shenanigans of the officers in the area where violent crime is rampant. Aidan Gillen, who has worked extensively on television, is Weiss, the slimy criminal who will stop at nothing in his quest to eliminate the men in uniform seen as the enemy. Zawe Ashton, who portrays officer Falls, does a credible job as the officer recuperating from an addiction.
Rob Hardy, the cinematographer, keeps things moving at an incredible speed catching the nuances of the area where the action is supposed to take place. The incidental music score was composed by Ilan Ishkery, a man with a talent to add ambiance to the films where he is asked to collaborate. This is Elliott Lester's second full length feature. One could only hope he keeps his good work in films.