"Blitz" is a very good old-school crime film, built around the hunt for a cop-killer. The film could serve as teaching material of how to keep up the pace and the suspense for one and a half hours without using explosions, supermen or computer-generated imaging.
Many of the scenes take place in the closed world of the policemen and policewomen who are the targets of the criminal and his hunters. Add a nice twist of the tough-cop-meets-new-partner trope, throw in a pinch of comedic one-liners, and top it off with a very beautiful Zawe Ashton as WPC Elizabeth Falls. Jason Statham is the tough cop (and sort of protagonist), Paddy Considine provides the contrast as the new partner (and boss!), and the Blitz is the killer.
Nothing is larger than life, nothing is forced, nothing blows up unexpectedly; some subplots remain (mostly) unsolved, and that's just like in life -- different stories move at their own pace, some end earlier, some later.
Highly recommended, unless you are put off by blood, guns, blunt objects, knives and such. (But then, you wouldn't want to watch a crime film, anyway.)
Many of the scenes take place in the closed world of the policemen and policewomen who are the targets of the criminal and his hunters. Add a nice twist of the tough-cop-meets-new-partner trope, throw in a pinch of comedic one-liners, and top it off with a very beautiful Zawe Ashton as WPC Elizabeth Falls. Jason Statham is the tough cop (and sort of protagonist), Paddy Considine provides the contrast as the new partner (and boss!), and the Blitz is the killer.
Nothing is larger than life, nothing is forced, nothing blows up unexpectedly; some subplots remain (mostly) unsolved, and that's just like in life -- different stories move at their own pace, some end earlier, some later.
Highly recommended, unless you are put off by blood, guns, blunt objects, knives and such. (But then, you wouldn't want to watch a crime film, anyway.)