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- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
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Jun 24, 2013 · Hummingbird is a multi-faceted film that satisfies as both an unconventional love story and a classic Western-style tale of redemption set against the oppressive cityscape of London. The casting...
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Hummingbird (released as Redemption in the United States) is a 2013 action crime drama film written and directed by Steven Knight in his directorial debut. It stars Jason Statham as a haunted, alcoholic veteran who befriends a Catholic nun, becomes involved in organized crime , and exacts vengeance on a man who beats and kills prostitutes.
Jun 28, 2013 · When it comes to playing impossibly lethal flint-eyed loners, no one else in current British cinema can match Hummingbird star Jason Statham.
Much like Knight's script for Eastern Promises, his work on Hummingbird delves into the murky London underworld and homes in on the homeless community and criminal fraternity that concurrently occupy the shadowy spaces amidst the pubs and coffee shops in the West End.
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By Tom Butler
Posted: Jun 25, 2013 3:03 pm
Having penned two of the more memorable London-set films of recent memory with Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, expectations for Steven Knight’s directorial debut Hummingbird (also set in London) were modestly high.
Like those two films, Hummingbird (known as Redemption in the States) presents an uncompromising vision of 21st Century London. This is a glistening West End teeming with immigrants seeking their golden-paved dreams, the kind of place where the poor are exploited by ruthless gangs (also largely immigrants), while the police turn a blind eye to prostitution, human trafficking, homelessness, violence and more.
A quick glance at the poster tells you this is a Jason Statham movie, but it’s not his usual action-heavy fare. Stathamphiles should file it next to his more toned-down canon alongside The Bank Job and Blitz, rather the testosterone-fuelled efforts like The Expendables, Crank or The Transporter series, with the Stath called on to do more than just roundhouse people’s heads off.
He plays Joey Jones, a former Special Forces soldier on the run from a military court-martial now sleeping rough on the streets with a dodgy haircut, stained anorak and a bottle of hard booze always close to hand. The details of his crime, committed while on duty in Afghanistan, are slowly revealed by flashback sequences throughout the film, with the military slang for surveillance drones providing the film’s U.K. title.
Part social-commentary, part procedural, Hummingbird has its moments but never quite convinces as either, and as such, the tone is muddled with many of the bigger messages lost in the milieu.
Jul 3, 2013 · Written and Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Jason Statham, Agata Buzek, Vicky McClure, Benedict Wong, Ger Ryan, and Youssef Kerkour. SYNOPSIS: Former British serviceman Joey is homeless and on...
Jul 1, 2020 · Hummingbird (2013) - Kung-fu Kingdom. Jason Statham once again puts in a hard-hitting performance in the gritty martial-arts thriller, “Hummingbird” (released as “Redemption” in the United States). It follows the story of a homeless ex-commando who finds the possibility of a new life.
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