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★★½☆☆ In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)

Plot: A simple family man (Statham) becomes a reluctant warrior after an army of murderous beasts commanded by an evil sorcerer (Liotta) ransacks his peaceful village and captures his wife (Forlani). Based on the Dungeon Series video games by Gas Powered Games.

 

The Transporter 3 (2008)

Plot: Frank Martin (Statham) continues his job of delivering packages without questions in this third installment of the Transporter series.

 

Death Race (2008)

Plot: It’s the year 2020. To combat prison overcrowding, the powers-that-be have devised a brutal 3-day car chase, with the winner gaining their freedom. Speedway champion Aimes (Statham) takes on the challenge when he is framed for a murder he didn’t commit. But it’s going to take all his skills to make it to the finish line of this race alive.

 
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The Bank Job (2008)

Plot: A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime.

 

★☆☆☆☆ War (2007)

Plot: After his partner Tom Lone (Chen) and family are killed by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal.

 

★★★★☆ Crank (2006)

Plot: Chev Chelios (Statham) is about to die. Injected with a deadly toxin nicknamed “the Beijing cocktail”, he has only an hour to live. The only way to prolong his life? Adrenaline. The faster his heart beats, the longer he lives. And he’s got something to live for - he has to kill the man who poisoned him (Cantillo).

 

The Brazilian Job (TBA)

Plot: Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) and his crew of expert thieves head to Rio de Janeiro to pull off another heist in this follow up to 2003’s The Italian Job.

 
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★★★½☆ The Italian Job (2003)

Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives - 35 million dollars in gold bricks - in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.

 
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★★★☆☆ Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels (1999)

Plot: Eddie (Moran), Tom (Fleming), Bacon (Statham) and Soap (Fletcher) have raised enough money to enter a high-stakes poker game, hosted by Hatchet Harry (Moriarty). When Eddie ends up losing big time, it’s up to the four of them to come up with 500,000 quid…in a week. Desperate, they are at a loss as to what to do…until Eddie overhears a conversation that seems to be the answer to their money problems.

 
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★½☆☆☆ The Transporter (2002)

Plot: Frank (Statham) is a transporter. His job is two transport people and things from one place to another. He makes it a rule not to interfere, but this time he looks in one of the packages and sees Lai (Qi), and everything changes. Now he’s got “Wall Street” (Schulze) - remember, no names - after him and a cop (Berleand) hot on his tail.

 
  
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