Shelter

Wuchak 6/29/2026 7:19:30PM 8.4

**_A one-man-army off the coast of Scotland takes a girl under his wing_** This is basically Rambo or Die Hard in the UK, starring Jason Statham, albeit with him sort of teaming up with a young adolescent girl, played by Bodhi Rae Breathnach (she was three months shy of 14 years-old when shooting ended). It’s like the drama/adventure “Wildlike” (2014) if it were an action flick taking place on the British Isles. The opening at the remote lighthouse on a rocky coast is reminiscent of Kirk Douglas’ “The Light at the Edge of the World” from 55 years earlier. Thankfully, the setting isn’t one-dimensional and effectively shifts as the story progresses. There are constant thrills with ocean rescues, booby traps, gunfights, car chases and mano-a-mano fights. It helps that human interest is added with the developing spiritual father/daughter relationship of the protagonists. Another plus is the lens into modern-day surveillance technology and how easy it is for those on the other side of the cameras to track you in any urbanized area. It runs 1h 47m and was shot Feb-May 2025 south of Dublin in County Wicklow, Ireland (including the Scottish island) accompanied by drone shots of Lamb Island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland; as well as London and northwest of there in Buckinghamshire, England; and Ronda in southern Spain. GRADE: B+/A-

kendallgibson 9/3/2026 8:06:25PM 8.4

It is not what you expect. Well, it's exactly what you expect, but not in the way you most expect... I was surprised. What Keanu Reeves delivers in quality, Jason Statham makes up for in quantity, and so when I pick out something with him on the cover I expect a couple of things, i.e. schlock and cheap thrills. This one has those things, however it also accomplishes a tad more. It managed to pull on a heartstring -- embarassing, I know, but it did! To get the plot out of the way, Statham is a secret agent in hiding when the daughter of one of his friends becomes his unfortunate responsibility, and he must somehow get her to safety past the myriad cameras and bad guys that are in the way. (The mythological program that watches him totally doesn't exist, by the way.) As if a movie like this could be spoiled, I won't do that to you, but the ending is in a word 'winsome'. Positives aside, can we talk about the elephant in the room? I hate child actors, and this one puts the 'child' in 'child actor'. I'm sorry, but the guy standing outside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier displays more emotion on a regular basis...

Sierbahnn 5/10/2026 7:42:12PM 8.4

Thoroughly enjoyable Jason keeps making this movie over and over, and they are getting more and more refined. This is the Beekeper, sort of. A Working Man, sort of. The Mechanic, Transporter, and so on. And he does it well. His costar Bodhi is amazing, and with Bill as the anchor for plot the composition is solid. The action is great, the direction solid, the shots on point. I liked this a lot. It is not high cinema, and noone expects it to be. But it is good.