The Bank Job 2008  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Georgia Taylor, Richard Lintern, Peter Bowles, Alistair Petrie, Angus Wright, David Suchet, Rupert Frazer, Christopher Owen
This story is based on a 1971 bank heist in London that begins when Martine (Saffron Burrows) tells Terry (Jason Statham) that the alarms have been shut down temporarily at the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank while the security system is being changed. Terry is a car dealer who has been having financial problems. He listens to Martine and then rounds up his friends (Stephen Campbell, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, and Alki David) to tunnel in for a bank heist. After four days of digging, while Eddie (Michael Jibson) is stationed on a nearby roof with his walkie-talkie, they open the vaults and find cash and valuable jewelry–along with incriminating secrets involving the Royal Family, the British government, and notorious gangsters. What they do not know is that because a ham radio operator (Angus Wright) has been listening in on Eddie's conversations and has alerted the authorities, the heist is doomed.
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 Cellular 2004  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David R. Ellis
Cast: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, William H. Macy, Eric Christian Olsen, Jessica Biel, Jason Statham, Richard Burgi, Eddie Driscoll, Eric Etebari, Adam Taylor Gordon, Bryan Holly, Brendan Kelly
A desperate Jessica (Kim Basinger) pieces together a telephone to call for help after she has been kidnapped. As luck would have it, she connects with slacker Ryan (Chris Evans) who ineptly takes on the task of saving Jessica and her family.
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Chaos 2006  R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Giglio
Cast: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny, Justine Waddell, Nicholas Lea, Jessica Steen, Rob LaBelle, John Cassini, Damon Johnson, Paul Perri, Keegan Connor Tracy, Natassia Malthe, Terry Chen
Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) is not happy to be assigned rookie Shane Dekker (Ryan Phillippe) as his new partner but finds that they must work together to end a series of bank heists. Lorenz (Wesley Snipes) and his gang of thieves have held hostages and blown up banks but stolen no money. Instead, they have planted a virus in an international bank system and plan to steal billions from accounts. Now, Conners and Decker enter into a game of cat-and-mouse as they try to uncover what is going on.
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 Crank 2006 R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Cast: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Carlos Sanz, Reno Wilson, Edi Gathegi, Glenn Howerton, Keone Young, Valarie Rae Miller, Jay Xcala, Yousuf Azami, David Brown, Laurent Schwaar
After being poisoned with an adrenaline cocktail that will kill him if he allows his heartbeat to drop, hit man Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) sets out through the streets of L.A. attempting to exact revenge on his nemesis Verona (Jose Pablo Cantillo), trying to rescue his girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart), and searching for an antidote to halt his poisoning.
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Crank: High Voltage 2009  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Crank 2
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Cast: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr., Ling Bai, David Carradine, Corey Haim, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Glenn Howerton, Holly Weber, Chester Bennington, Joseph D. Reitman, Joseph Julian Soria, Reno Wilson, Billy Unger
In this sequel to "Crank" (2006), hit man Chev (Jason Statham) has survived his plunge onto the street in Los Angeles and has been kidnapped by a Chinese gangster. The gangster has Chev's heart surgically removed and replaced with a mechanical one that needs regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Chev gets help from Doc Miles (Dwight Yoakam) and Venus (Efren Ramirez), and then, after reuniting with his girlfriend Eve (Amy Smart), Chev sets out to seek revenge against those who stole heart.
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Death Race 2008 R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke, Frederick Koehler, Jacob Vargas, Justin Mader, Robert LaSardo, Robin Shou, Benz Antoine, Danny Blanco, Christian Paul
It is the future, and America's economy has collapsed. Prisons are now privatized, and Warden Hennessy (Joan Allen) at Terminal Island Penitentiary has come up with a scheme to raise funds for running the prison: a three day pay-per-view "Death Race" and promises that the winner of the race will be released from prison. Terminal Island prisoner Jenson Ames (Jason Stratham) had been a race car driver, and Hennessy forces him to don the mask of dead racing hero "Frankenstein" and enter the race. Ames is in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife and, if released, could once again be with his baby daughter. And the race is on–a combination of NASCAR and demolition derby with prison drivers accompanied by navigators from a women's prison. Racers are armed with grenade launchers, machine guns, flame throwers, and napalm as Ames and his navigator Case (Natalie Martinez) set out against other prison drivers–along with their chief opponent Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)–in what is truly a race to the death.
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 Ghosts of Mars 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Pam Grier, Clea DuVall, Jason Statham, Liam Waite, Joanna Cassidy, Wanda De Jesus, Duane Davis, Lobo Sebastian, Richard Centrone, Rosemary Forsyth, Rodney A. Grant, Peter Jason, Doug McGrath
A Martian, intergalactic policewoman Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge), leads a team transporting a killer (Ice Cube) from a mining outpost jail to the capital city for trial. But plans go awry when the team discovers that colonists at the outpost are now possessed by evil Martian ghosts.
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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale 2007  PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Uwe Boll
Cast: Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Claire Forlani, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard, Brian J. White, Mike Dopud, Will Sanderson, Tania Saulnier, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Gabrielle Rose, Colin Ford
Based on the "Dungeon Siege" video game, this story involves turnip farmer Farmer (Jason Statham) whose son Zeph (Colin Ford) is killed and his wife Solana (Claire Forlani) kidnapped by the villainous Krugs–an army of beasts that shattered Farmer's nearby village. Farmer, Norick (Ron Perlman), and Bastian (Will Sanderson) venture out into unknown lands to rescue Solana and, in the process, save their king (Burt Reynolds) whose life is threatened by the wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta) who plots to rule the world.
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 The Italian Job 2003  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Mos Def, Jason Statham, Seth Green, Edward Norton, Jimmy Shubert, Franky G, Shawn Fanning, Tammi Cubilette, Mary Portser, Shawn Fanning, Joel Homan, Julie Costello
This story begins in Italy but soon switches to Los Angeles where Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) leads his gang of thieves in setting up the biggest traffic jam that Los Angeles has ever seen. The reason: to provide their escape after stealing gold bullion that Charlie and his cohorts had already stolen in Italy and lost in a double cross.
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 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh, Vinnie Jones, Sting, Lenny McLean, P.H. Moriarty, Steve Sweeney, Nicholas Rowe, Nick Marq, Charles Forbes, Peter McNicholl, Frank Harper
Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher), Eddy (Nick Moran), and Bacon (Jason Statham) are London schemers who pool their money and lose everything in a crooked card game. Now, they owe half a million pounds to porn broker "Hatchet" Harry Lonsdale (P.H. Moriarty) who gives them one week to pay up.
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London 2005 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hunter Richards
Cast: Jessica Biel, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Isla Fisher, Joy Bryant, Kelli Garner, Dane Cook, Nicole Andrews, Ned Bellamy, Kat Dennings, Matt Felker, Leelee Sobieski
Needing to talk to ex-girlfriend London (Jessica Biel) before she leaves for Los Angeles, Syd (Chris Evans) crashes her going-away party at a Manhattan loft where he closes himself in the bathroom and snorts cocaine while talking to the drug-dealing Englishman (Jason Statham) he just met. The two discuss the lack of meaning in their lives–all of which appears to revolve around sex.
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 Mean Machine 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Skolnick
Cast: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Vas Blackwood, Jason Statham, Robbie Gee, John Forgeham, Jason Flemyng, Ralph Brown, Geoff Bell, Sally Phillips, Danny Dyer, Martin Wimbush, David Reid, David Cropman
Vinnie Jones plays the out-of-shape jock Danny Meehan in the U.K. remake of Robert Aldrich's "The Longest Yard." This time around, U.K. football (what the U.S. calls soccer) provides the hook for prison inmates taking on prison guards in one free-for-all game.
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 The One 2001 PG-13, 80 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: James Wong
Cast: Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Jason Statham, Delroy Lindo, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno, Richard Steinmetz, Steve Rankin, Tucker Smallwood, Harriet Samson Harris, Dean Norris, Mark Borchard, Darin Morgan, David Keats, Ron Zimmerman
An inhabitant of another universe, Yulaw (Jet Li), is determined to kill off all the other 123 universes, but LAPD cop Gabriel (also played by Li) stands in his way, and Gabriel turns out to be a strong adversary.
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Revolver 2005 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, Andre Benjamin, Terence Maynard, Andrew Howard, Mark Strong, Francesca Annis, Anjela Lauren Smith, Elana Binysh, Faruk Pruti, Bill Moody, Stephen Walters, Vincent Riotta
Gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) has been released from prison after serving seven years and sets out for revenge against mobster, casino owner Macha (Ray Liotta) who sent him up the river. While in prison, Jake mastered a formula for a con that will make Macha pay for what he has done. Jake turns up at the casino and confronts Macha, but everything goes wrong–including Jake learning from his doctor that he has only three days to live, and that serves to increase his thirst for revenge.
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 Snatch 2000 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham, Mike Reid, Ewen Bremner, Lennie James, Alan Ford, Stephen Graham, Robbie Gee
Guy Ritchie scores again with this very funny crime thriller involving several plots, which take place as members of London's underworld try to get their hands on an 84-carat diamond. The fun involves trying to figure out who will finally get–and hold onto–the diamond.
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The Transporter 2 2005 PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Matthew Modine, Jason Flemyng, Keith David, Hunter Clary, Shannon Briggs, Francois Berleand, Jeff Chase, Raymond Tong, Jeff Chase, Gregg Weiner, Gregg Davis
Transporter-for-hire Frank Martin (Jason Statham) has taken the job of chauffeuring young Jack (Hunter Clary), who is the son of Drug Enforcement Chief Billings (Matthew Modine), and his wife, Audrey (Amber Valletta). When Jack is kidnapped, Frank leaps into action to rescue him and, in the process, solves a biological crime involving a deadly virus.
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Transporter 3 2008 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Olivier Megaton
Cast: Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, Francois Berleand, Jeroen Krabbe, Robert Knepper, Alex Kobold, David Atrakchi, Yann Sundberg, Eriq Ebouaney, David Kammenos, Silvio Simac, Oscar Relier, Timo Dierkes, Paul Barrett, Igor Koumpan
Transporter-for-hire Frank (Jason Stratham) is back, and this time he has been pressured to keep Valentina (Natalya Rudakova) safe. She has been kidnapped, and Frank travels across Europe escaping a number of life-threatening situations with Valentina in tow while awaiting the delivery of the ransom.
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The Transporter 2002 PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, Francois Berleand, Ric Young, Doug Rand, Didier Saint Melin, Tonio Descanvelle, Matthieu Albertini, Laurent Desponds, Vincent Nemeth, Adrian Dearnell, Jean-Yves Bilien, Jean-Marie Paris, Alfred Lot
Frank's (Jason Statham) job is that of a transporter who moves goods without asking questions. But on this job, while driving around in France, Frank breaks the rules by opening the package in his trunk and discovering a beautiful Asian, Lai (Qi Shu), who has her own axe to grind–and she does, with Frank's help.
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Turn It Up 2000 R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Adetuyi
Cast: Pras, Ja Rule, Jason Statham, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tamala Jones, John Ralston, Chris Messina, Eugene Clark, Patrice Goodman, Derwin Jordan
Rap musician Diamond (Pras) and his manager, Gage (Ja Rule), run drugs for Mr. "B" to pay for Diamond's hoped-for demo tape. When Diamond runs into a string of personal problems, Gage tries to help by pulling off a heist of $10,000. The problem: he didn't know that the stolen money belonged to Mr. "B."
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War 2007 R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
aka: Rogue Assassin
Director: Philip G. Atwell
Cast: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzman, Saul Rubinek, Ryo Ishibashi, Sung Kang, Mathew St. Patrick, Nadine Velazquez, Andrea Roth, Kane Kosugi, Terry Chen
FBI Special Agent Jack Crawford's (Jason Statham) partner (Terry Chen) and family are brutally killed in their home, and Crawford sets out for revenge. The killer left a clue–a uranium bullet in a titanium shell–that is the trademark of Japanese assassin Rogue (Jet Li). Crawford's investigation continues for three years, and now he is in charge of the Asian Organized Crime Unit. As Crawford's investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that Rogue is working on both sides in an age-old feud between the Japanese Yakuza boss, Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi), and the Chinese Triad mob leader, Chang (John Lone). Now, Rogue does not appear to be what he seems, and Crawford must figure why Rogue appears to be playing one side against the other.
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| 1. The Bank Job (2008)
2. Cellular (2004)
3. Chaos (2006)
4. Crank (2006)
5. Crank: High Voltage (2009)
aka: Crank 2
6. Death Race (2008)
7. Ghosts of Mars (2001)
aka: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
8. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007)
9. The Italian Job (2003)
10. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
11. London (2005)
12. Mean Machine (2001)
13. The One (2001)
14. Revolver (2005)
15. Snatch (2000)
16. The Transporter 2 (2005)
17. Transporter 3 (2008)
18. The Transporter (2002)
19. Turn It Up (2000)
20. War (2007)
aka: Rogue Assassin
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