Jokera bitter failure for Jason Statham
In 2015, Jason Statham reunited with director Simon West for the third time Joker. This came to the fore in 1997 when he realized The wings of hell, his first feature film. In 2011, she directed the British action actor in The gunslinger (The mechanic in VO), then in Consumables 2 in 2012.
Never two without three therefore, the duo reforms Jokerwhich is a remake of the 1986 film Bankadaptation of the novel of the same name (Heat in the original version) by William Goldman published in 1985. Jason Statham thus takes on the role of Nick, previously played in Banquo by Burt Reynolds. In the cast he is surrounded in particular by Milo Ventimiglia, Anne Heche and Sofía Vergara.
Nick Wild is a former British soldier, converted to the close protection of wealthy clients. Addicted to gambling and full of debt, he plans to leave Las Vegas and dreams of settling in Corsica. While he then takes care of the protection of the young and fragile Cyrus Kinnick, who wants to play safely at the casino, Nick is contacted by his ex-girlfriend Holly. She was hospitalized after being found beaten and left for dead. Nick agrees to help her. Thanks to his numerous contacts, he discovers that the culprit is a powerful mafioso…
Joker it proved to be a critical and commercial failure. Received negatively by the public and the press, with a tomato meter 32% and an audience score of 29%realizes a pathetic performance at the global box office with $6.7 million in revenue. While his budget amounted to $30 million…
Brian De Palma joined the project first
Originally, Joker it should have been directed by the prestigious Brian De Palma. In fact, when the formalization of production Joker takes place in February 2012he is in fact the director of Scarface and of Mission Impossible which is announced in the orders. For this project that Jason Statham has been developing alone for several years, it is an ideal setup for him, whose career is booming.
But a few months later, in November 2012, finally Simon West is announced as director, replacing Brian De Palma. We will regrettably never know what this partnership between Brian De Palma and Jason Statham would have earned, but it is almost certain that it would have done better at the box office than the meager 6.7 million grossed by Simon West’s work. …
Source: Cine Serie
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