Genuinely, really good fun movie.

Rating: 10/10 (14 August 2010)

I went to see this last night and after seeing some critics reviews and so on, It was fair to say it was getting mixed reviews so I was a little bit wary watching it. I'm glad to say I was pleasantly surprised just how really good it was and it's just a fun movie. It does not take itself too seriously (which is good) and I really have to disagree with what some critics say. I seen a lot of people say the directing was not good, there is some excellent camera shoots, for example the shaky camera on opening scenes, the bit where the cameras tilts upside down and an excellent shot with Statham flying low in a plane over an island.
Plus in this pc friendly pg 13 world of movies, its refreshing. Yes thats right, unlike so many films of late (Bourne,Die Hard 4, A Team etc) there is swearing, violence and there's barely any cgi. The fight scenes actually look like people are getting hurt, and sometimes some of the baddies pose an actual aura of threat. Good to see Stallone back, way better than Rambo and he actually splits up the action for the main players perfectly.
Go see it, and I'll leave it on this note, if you happened to get captured would you rather Jason Bourne try and rescue you with a rolled up news paper, or would you rather Stallone have a go with a massive knife and machine gun. Exactly.