Blitz

[yoco]

Release Date: TBA
Studio: Not Available
Director: Elliott Lester
Screenwriter: Nathan Parker
Starring: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Jason Statham will play Brant, a sociopathic wrecking machine of a cop for the film version of Ken Bruen's "Blitz." In the story, the South East London police squad are down and out: Detective Sergeant Brant is in hot water for assaulting a police shrink, Chief Inspector Roberts' wife has died in a horrific car accident, and WPC Falls is still figuring out how to navigate her job as a black female investigator in the notorious unit. When a serial killer takes his show on the road, things get worse for all three. Nicknamed "The Blitz" by the rabid London media, the killer is aiming for tabloid immortality by killing cops in different beats around the city.

[slikrapid]

'where the law ends...justice begins' - now thats an interesting statement from the movie creators, i wonder who will criticize them for it...or is it just a statement of the obvious, the true hidden purpose of law

otherwise a typical statham-tailored psychotic rampage with few inherent qualities and likely an ADHD type of camera movement to sicken the viewer some more

for likely surely better revenge/hunting-cop or one-cop action themes see:

Die Hard 1,2,3 (1988,1990,1995)
Lethal Weapon (1987) ok, two-cop action here, but its a good one - and only one is psychotic, sort of
Demolition Man (1993)
Speed (1994)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) a parody of the above and below
Blade Runner (1982)
Dirty Harry (all)