Your eyes will pop right open starting with the very first shot fired in the movie and that is no exaggeration.  Stallone is often under-rated as a director, and he really reaches back to his roots in this movie in a genre that help make him a superstar for almost 20-years.  He brings everything to the table a good action movie needs; gunfights, hand-to-hand combat, car chases, and even throws plenty of humor in for good measure.  The guns are loud (Crews uses a gun that will blow your ears off), and you better be prepared for things to get bloody.

If you are looking for great cinematic value, then look elsewhere.  This movie is only out to entertain action fans and that is what it does.  There is a subplot/love interest for Jason Statham’s character, Lee Christmas, in the form of Charisma Carpenter who plays Lacy; but, this subplot does NOTHING to move the story forward at all.  It serves no purpose whatsoever other than to give Statham one more scene of action.  There will be no acting nominations stemming from this movie.  Everyone who was cast in this movie knew what their job was and they all do it well: shoot their guns and spit out the one-liners.  It’s how many of them got to where they are today.  The movie is rated R for the strong and bloody language from start to finish, and some language too.  You can use the tool below to find where it is playing locally.