Alright, so Jason Statham is about as deep as a single sheet of tissue paper being flattened by Chaz Bono, but somehow this movie had enough depth, enough plot to keep us captivated.
It may be the same plot we've seen a dozen times before, but it's a proper plot nonetheless. Mr. Stubble and his fellow mercenary, played by the virtually-retired has-been Robert De Niro, do Stubble's "last job" in Oman.
Why this job, and the next one (so it wasn't his last job after all) centered on Oman must mean that either:
a) Oman is now the bull in the dart board of international evil, or
b) The film's producer is getting healthy kick-backs from Hertz in Oman.
Anyhow, Statham is persuaded to return from retirement in Australia to rescue De Niro by finishing off a job Roberto took but failed to complete - which resulted in his being held captive until that job was tidied up by Mr. 5 O'clock Shadow.
It turns out their employer, Sheik YerMoneyMaker, had 3 sons killed by the dastardly SAS and wants revenge.
Statham reluctantly agrees to exact the required punishment in order to free De Niro, and tracks down the SAS killers in their respective hideouts - mostly pubs in England and Wales. He bumps several times into ex-SAS toughie Clive Owen, invents a cure for cancer and turns down the $6m fee from the Sheik.
All in a day's work for JS.
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