Stuff Blows Up

Rating: 8/10 (24 March 2005)

Not as good as "The Matrix" but better than, say, "Gone in 60 Seconds." Somewhere in the opening action sequence, there's a scene where Frank Martin (Statham) jumps off a bridge onto a car-hauling truck beneath, which just HAPPENS to have an empty slot on the top between two cars. This would be well and good if the character had set this up, but because it's never mentioned again, we are left to believe that this is simply an AMAZING coincidence.
The movie is loaded with AMAZING coincidences, but the action sequences are exciting, and there's never an awkward attempt to bring a brain into the proceedings (like they did in, say, the first Spider-Man movie). This flick suffers for being PG-13, but other than that, no complaints. Guys get kicked in the chest, people get shot, stuff blows up. There's something to be said for keepin' it simple.