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Cast: This film is filled to the brim with British talent. Ewan McGregor (Obi Wan in Star Wars 1,2,3 and if you didn't know that please leave) can do no wrong in my eye, and is just awesome. Emily Blunt (Devil Wears Prada, Gulliver's Travels) is equally as good and just as good-looking. Both the leads bring emotion, feeling to their characters and you just want them to succeed by the end of the film. Kristin Scott Thomas is also just fully enjoyable as a comic relief, in this actually funny film. Other notable mentions to Amr Waked's Sheikh and Tom Beard for having an awesome surname and for playing McGregor's boss, Maxwell.

Overview: I went into this movie thinking it was going to be a boring drama flick that would be forgotten about. However it turned out to be a really good, funny movie. I've mentioned its comedic nature a lot so far, let me point out, this is still a drama, about a project to introduce salmon fishing to Yemen, but manages to inject just enough humor every now and then to keep the audience's attention. There are some really emotional moments in the movie, no spoilers, but when the fish are released into the Yemen and then after they start fishing. Both awesome parts. One of my favorite bits were the scenes where Kristin Scott Thomas would IM to the Prime Minister, again no spoilers, but it's really funny. Now as i said it is a drama, so there are some flat and slow parts that are story oriented, but even as a person who knows nothing about fishing, I was rolled into the story, and the sub-stories of the characters' relationships.

Recommend: Highly! Overall: 8/10

Cast: OK, I love Statham. Every role he has done, yes even in "In The Name Of The King", is almost perfection. Now just because he is awesome , doesn't mean that the movies he is in are, just like "In The Name Of The King". Recently though his movies all seem to be the same kind of film and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Lots of action, lots of cheese and some story that involves a rogue badass, aka Statham. I say all that but anyone else in this/those roles and the film wouldn't work. But anyway more on the film in a mo, Statham plays against a little girl played by Catherine Chan, who is awesome, to say she is a child actress. Not much on the rest of the cast, but mentions for James Hong's (known for Kung Fu Panda, Balls Of Glory) mob boss and Robert John Burke's Captain Wolfe.

Overview: Like i mentioned earlier, fans of movies like The Mechanic, Blitz, Crank or Transporter, will probably keep on liking this. It's packed full of gun fights, karate/fist fights, explosions, car chases and Statham's signature grunting voice. The story itself is mixed. the whole thing with the girl, i like. People do have photogenic memories, and like James Hong says sending messages via computers is risky. So using the girl i get. The whole gangs fighting each other and corrupt cops is old news so all is right there. The one thing that troubled me was when the explained Statham's history. At one point he was just a cop, then he's some kind of Bane like experiment, didn't get that at all, but other than that the film is very fast paced, and wraps up nicely.

The opening 10 minuets of this film i really liked. They managed to set the story up of the two leads by mirroring their plot's. The girl is in a car, Statham is in a car, they both go to sleep…etc and i really enjoyed it. This movie doesn't really offer anything new to the action genre, but neither does it fail.

Recommend: Statham fans yes, everyone else meh.

Overall: 7/10 For more of my reviews head to http://www.facebook.com/noelfilmreviews