Chev Chelios, a hit man, is awakened by a phone call from one of Los Angeles’s worst thugs, who tells him he’s been poisoned in his sleep and has only an hour to live. The only antidote to his poison: action, Chev must activate his adrenaline to avoid cardiac arrest, slowing down is death. What follows is a hallucinatory escape to a Los Angeles mansion…
Let’s just say: Jason Statham can be both solid and badass. Jaw clenched very often, skilled (really!) in martial arts such as jiu-jitsu, wing chun, karate, but also kickboxing, the actor has had quite a penchant for Jason Statham in recent years, that is. Satisfied with the generous distribution of blows from Tatans, most often fatal, in films whose pitch could be written on the corner of the table.
And then there’s Jason Statham, who we love, for example in Guy Ritchie, Crooks, Crimes and Botany, Snatch, Revolver or Angry Man. Or, even older, since the film dates back 17 years, in Hyper tension, signed by the duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who have been very good at mastering the codes of video games in the past.
We won’t go so far as to say, as James McAvoy says, that the actor delivers the best line in the history of cinema in this film (but that’s his right!). On the other hand, Statham delivers a very good dose of self-deprecation in this film, which is completely screwed and stripped down to the bone, since it lasts only 1h23, including the credits. A great appetizer before we move on to Hyper Tension 2, even crazier and more violent, pushing the boundaries of bad taste even further.
Hyper Tension, to watch (or re-watch!) on Prime Video.
Source: Allocine
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