Movie Review - Shelter
Y'know, sometimes a person just needs a basic Jason Statham movie.
Shelter is just that: an action movie that has him punching and brooding. It doesn't really go out of its way to do too much more—at least, not successfully.
Statham plays a former assassin who lives by himself on an island. After a freak storm, Statham ends up taking care of a young girl as he tries to nurse her back to health. But when he goes to the town to get supplies, he's spotted on camera by a group of people out to eliminate him...
But blah blah blah. Who cares, basically. The story is just a reason for him to shoot and punch people and get in an occasional car chase.
They tried to do some character shaping with the teenage girl who accompanies him, and she's pretty darn good. Bill Nighy attempts to chew up some high-brow scenery as his former handler, who is trying to put him down. But ultimately, it just doesn't matter.
Too many slow scenes (notice the number of peetimes in this short movie?) and not enough quality action ("quality" being the active word) to justify them are just not a good combination for a Statham movie. It might just scratch that action itch for some people, but for me? Eh, whatever.
Grade: C
| Rated: | (R) Violence and Some Language |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| USA release date: | 2026-01-28 |
| Movie length: | 107 minutes |
| Starring: | |
| Director: | Ric Roman Waugh |
| Writer(s): | Ward Parry |
| Language: | en |
| Country: | US |
Plot A man living in self-imposed exile on a remote island rescues a young girl from a violent storm, setting off a chain of events that forces him out of seclusion to protect her from enemies tied to his past.
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