Film No. 23 (2020) April 15th. 1:45 PM. Redmond Theatre, Ocean Reef.
"It's too late now, you have to play". (Vince suggests it is time for him to leave after finding out what he has let himself in for, his chief backer has other ideas).
Writer/Director Gela Babuani shot his first feature 13 Tzameti (French), prior to this effort. He won an award (World Cinema Jury) for Tzameti. Why he needed to repeat the same film five years later doesn't make a good deal of sense. Maybe the fact he managed to secure the services of Jason Statham and Ray Winstone guaranteed a mighty income. It was shot for a fortune and returned investors a little over $3M, total! Babuani quite likely has a sad story to tell about how this film set his career back.
Vince (Sam Riley) is a good, loyal family boy. An opportunity arrives where, if he assumes the identity of a stranger he just might solve his family's dire decline into poverty. Has he a clue about the risk factor of his decision? No, it would seem. We are talking the ultimate risk factor here. And it really should be more gripping.
13 is, quite simply a poor man's version of a Ritchie/ Tarantino fable with an overpowering soundtrack that will quite possibly have you pressing the exit button on your remote 15 minutes in. Jason Statham fans may even struggle to get through this one. Now that's saying something. 4GUMS.
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