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 (www.imdb.com).
Director: Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2)
Starring: Jason Statham, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Angarano, Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Sofia Vergara
Jason Statham is a typecast. He falls largely in to the same category as JCVD or Steven Seagal. Wild Card shows what Statham's capable of doing, but only that. His security specialist come extreme gambler gets on the wrong side of a mobster (Milo Ventimiglia). This mobster is a coward. Not scary and very comical, which brings the tone of the film to a major low. And where exactly is Wild Card trying to go? Famous actors come and go (Stanley Tucci, Sofia Vergara) like a soft breeze, and the Stath's gambling addiction is attacked once before moving swiftly on. A particular scene involving Statham breaking random goon's body parts is entertaining to say the least, but its raw energy is taken away by the accompanied music. That's as good as it gets. Statham can do better. Milo unfortunately need more cojones.
2/5
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