Fresh
Look beyond the generic shell, and this wildly imperfect movie appears to have a rare soul lurking inside it.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Hummingbird
All roads don't lead to salvation.
2013 · 1h 40m · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Steven Knight
Overview
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
Director and cast
- Steven Knight Director
- Jason Statham as Joey Jones
- Agata Buzek as Christina
- Vicky McClure as Dawn
- Lee Asquith-Coe as Silver Mercedes Driver
- Benedict Wong as Mr. Choy
- Siobhan Hewlett as Tracey
- Lee Nicholas Harris as Meat Market Manager
- Andrew Ellis as Football Supporter 1
- Ian Pirie as Pimp
- Senem Temiz as Banker's Wife
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Nothing in "Redemption" quite adds up, including the paranoid hero's insistence that he's being watched by drones.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Knight seems to want to say something, but it comes out pretty garbled.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
A flawed but still solid debut. And another strong step forward for Jason Statham, the man who won't stay still.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
"Redemption" doesn't have the chutzpah to let loose and be as dumb as it needs to be, so it instead bores the audience comatose with long stretches of sad-face Statham putzing around an apartment to justify the too-brief bursts of giddy bone-breaking.
Barbara VanDenburgh, Arizona Republic
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