Wild Card
When a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal skills and a gambling problem gets in trouble with the mob, he has one last play...and it's all or nothing.
Director: Simon West
Writers: William Goldman (screenplay), William Goldman (novel)
Stars: Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Dominik García-Lorido.
Director: Simon West
Writers: William Goldman (screenplay), William Goldman (novel)
Stars: Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Dominik García-Lorido.
Storyline
Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes...and this time, it's all or nothing.Wild Card User Reviews
Seems like the script for this Jason Statham movie was done in a matter of minutes, but the reason we watch a Jason Statham movie is to watch his fight scenes. So sit back and watch about 3-fight scenes that are probably some of the most brutal scenes you will ever see. I had to duck often.
Of course it would have been nice to see a well-rounded story but this is what it is. For some unknown reason we see Nick gambling for a longer time that we would have liked, and did we care? No.
There are CRINGE Worthy moments when we see Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lorido) take some revenge with a pair of grass clippers on the son of a Mob boss who raped her, and had her beat up later on. Truth be told I had to FF thru this scene. Really brutal. (hey, it's only movie magic)
Since the story was lacking, I was surprised to see the notables herein: Jason Alexander, Sofia Vergara, Anne Heche, and Stanley Tucci as Baby who probably had the best role within as he is always good even if we don't recognize him at first with a newer toupee.
Except for the fight scenes which were choreographed to perfection, this was disappointing, but watchable for a Jason Statham movie. (5/10) Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Yes, briefly Language: Yes.
Of course it would have been nice to see a well-rounded story but this is what it is. For some unknown reason we see Nick gambling for a longer time that we would have liked, and did we care? No.
There are CRINGE Worthy moments when we see Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lorido) take some revenge with a pair of grass clippers on the son of a Mob boss who raped her, and had her beat up later on. Truth be told I had to FF thru this scene. Really brutal. (hey, it's only movie magic)
Since the story was lacking, I was surprised to see the notables herein: Jason Alexander, Sofia Vergara, Anne Heche, and Stanley Tucci as Baby who probably had the best role within as he is always good even if we don't recognize him at first with a newer toupee.
Except for the fight scenes which were choreographed to perfection, this was disappointing, but watchable for a Jason Statham movie. (5/10) Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: Yes, briefly Language: Yes.
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