Upcoming films with Jason Statham and Tony Jaa

Other films I look forward to include Crank with Mr. Jason Statham. He is a really interesting British actor, probably best known in the U.S. for his role in the Transporter and Transporter 2. I also liked his work in the remake The Italian Job, The One, and most of all Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. If you haven’t seen the last one and you like action and British wit I think you will really enjoy it. Of the films Mr. Statham has done so far that is the best. Mr. Statham is definitely becoming this generation’s action genre star. He has a solid style and presence, delivering his physical scenes with credibility even when they are over the top. This is another non-Oscar contender but it looks to be a good diversion for 2 hours.

Along the same lines as Crank and Snakes on a Plane, is The Protector. Not to be confused with the Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello movie from the 80’s, this movie stars Mr. Tony Jaa and is based in Thailand. Mr. Jaa may be familiar to some for his Ong-Bak film. He is neither the next Bruce Lee, nor Jackie Chan for that matter, but is the best new face in the martial arts film genre which has needed new blood for some time.

The Covenant is a WB-styled movie [at least that is how I feel when I see the television film clips] that tries to combine the extra-human abilities of comic books (like X-men or Superman) and the current popularity in the occult (ala Charmed et al.). Very MTV-ish in style it looks like a big-budget Smallville episode. The plotline seems to follow the same style as some of the WB shows. The effects look nice, the story line seems tired. But I like well-done special effects so it might be something to see on DVD. Can’t say much more about it.

On a personal note I want to thank the reader I was speaking with yesterday. I had a very good conversation with a reader from California, a Black African American woman and public speaker. I’ll share this part of the conversation we had. It is a Chinese proverb I believe, “Success at the top of the mountain looks the same. The journey is the true key.” I’m sorry if I got the quote wrong.

This is what I think, what do you think?