Five Favorite Films with Jason Statham

Summary

Rotten Tomatoes spoke to Statham about his favorite films of all time, which surprisingly include a few Paul Newman classics and unsurprisingly include a Bruce Lee film. As our conversation continued, we also discussed the different feel of Transporter 3, Corey Yuen's diminished role in the film's action scenes, and his recently announced film, The Expendables, in which he'll star with action legends Sylvester Stallone (who will also write and direct) and Jet Li. Back to Article

Comments

fargo_viper

Stephen Fargo

Horrible taste in movies. He's also in horrible movies.

Nov 24 - 04:51 PM

rocknblues81

Brian Hurley

Well,Viper... Jus seeing your picture I would have said "Naw, he can't be as stupid as he looks". But then you had to go and open your mouth.

Nov 24 - 07:28 PM

cubitfox

Cubit Fox

oh yeah, the godfather (one of the greatest films of all time, and one of the highest accomplishments of art in the 20th century), and Paul Newman (the iconic actor himself who charmed an entire generation)...such terrible terrible taste.

Nov 24 - 07:35 PM

spitting into the wind

ciaran kelly

Horrible taste in movies?
What the Hell is wrong with you?
He picked The Godfathers I & II and some Paul Newman classics!
You Sir have come away from this looking like an absolute idiot.
You should be too ashamed to post on this site again.

Nov 25 - 09:04 AM

Todd G.

Todd Groves

fargo_viper,
Besides a ridiculous username, you're an idiot. Statham named what are considered classic films. If it's taste in films, I'll take Statham's over whatever yours are any day. Maybe one day when you start shaving on a regular basis you might come to learn what good films look like.

Nov 25 - 07:40 PM

Damien Lives

m x

eat ****

Nov 26 - 10:33 AM

Ryan M.

Ryan Mertins

yea because I'd have to put a gun to your head to make you watch any of those 5 flicks... you suck.

Nov 26 - 05:44 PM

bruce sweeney

bruce Sweeney

"Godfather", horrible, eh? "Butch Cassidy", too; huh? And all those turgid Hitchcock films,I suppose? I'd say keep the day job....

Nov 28 - 11:59 AM

y2kprelude

Jason Foreman

yeah you're pretty much the douchebag on the board now. You hate Godfather and Cool Hand Luke? Idiot.

Nov 28 - 11:06 PM

LeauNoir

Adam Spaay

What? I've heard of snobs, but putting down Godfather? Come on, dude. If you want to hate on the guy, hate on him, but don't hate on his taste in movies. You're just cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Nov 29 - 01:45 AM

rockinrors

rory parker

WTF
Each movie is good, and over 90%...
And I like his films, they are stupid, but entertaining...

Nov 30 - 01:09 PM

LillyVon

Gabrielle *no way*

You drink from the toilet don't you? Horrible taste in movies? Oh seriously dude - jealous enough. You probably think you are as hot as Mr Statham but easy to see from that dopey photo of your even more dopey face you are not even Mr Stathams little toe.

Oh, and The Bank Job was a brilliant movie - so you lose.

Dec 1 - 03:24 PM

butterz

butterz bunnies

Thats why all the movies he likes say 90 - 100%, dumb arse.

Aug 7 - 02:19 AM

Tyler S.

Tyler Sweet

are you retarded. Well.. I guess he is in some pretty shitty movies but this list is good

Mar 25 - 09:14 PM

~*Admiral Snowstorm*~

Dominique Amsterdam

Not bad. Nothing wrong with being a Newman fan, really. I always liked Statham because he seemed like a reasonably intelligent guy with a knack for action movies. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of action movies in general, but Statham definitely makes them more fun when I'm in the mood for them.

Nov 24 - 04:54 PM

moviesuck

alex newman

what movies do you like? I mean Butch Cassidy, The Sting (which won best picture), The Godfather (considered one of the best films ever made) are all complete classics. If you think that those films are horrible then you are the one who has horrible taste in movies. You can not like those films fine, but to say that they are horrible movies is just ridiculous.

Nov 24 - 05:04 PM

skc087

sahil charania

Ditto.

Nov 30 - 10:53 PM

oddjob323

kevin strawn

Awesome list. His movies are always entertaining, except War (and possibly In the Name of the King, never seen it).

Nov 24 - 05:04 PM

pattyfox

patty fox

Yeah, HUGE fan, but War was the absolute worst movie ever. I had such high hopes, too. Too bad. I still love Jason and MOST of his movies!

Nov 29 - 10:17 AM

killamike316

Michael Masilungan

fargo_viper is just a hater, the movies that Statham listed are good. Cant wait for Transporter 3.

Nov 24 - 05:06 PM

Some guy you dont know

Bruce Campbell

Let's all agree that fargo_viper dosen't matter and should be ignored.

Nov 24 - 05:09 PM

KingSigy

Numna Stingdoo

Surprising considering the crap Statham is in, though not every thing he has done is grabage (Italian Job and Bank Job are both fairly decent). Corey Yuen having directed the first Transporter also made that movie an enjoyable action flick, even if it wasn't that good.

Nov 24 - 05:10 PM

Jeff S.C.

Jeff Caffey

the godfather, the sting, cool hand luke, butch cassidy, those are all such amazing movies. i suddenly have a new respect for jason statham, though i dont like his movies, he has a very similar taste in movies as i do.

Nov 24 - 05:10 PM

KingSigy

Numna Stingdoo

Oh, you also mention his characters name as Frank Castle, but that is the main character from The Punisher.

Nov 24 - 05:11 PM

steve s.

steve smith

great list......not a bunch of artsy fartsy crap like john lasseter

Nov 24 - 05:15 PM

Mr. Dufresne

Chip McNair

What in the world is that supposed to mean? Lasseter picked fantastic films as well. Star Wars and Dumbo are anything but "artsy-farty crap", whatever that's supposed to be.

Nov 25 - 12:43 PM

tomwaitsjrHAPPYICONOCLAST

Greg Guro

yah, well John Lasseter also gave better reasoning and rationale for each of his films. Statham is between Lassater and Seth Rogen for explaining why they like films. How many times can one say "Paul Newman?"

Nov 24 - 05:22 PM

ZiGyStRdUsT

Carlos Monino

Paul Newman, Paul Newman? But seriously Paul Newman rocks!! ....or rocked = ( RIP

Nov 24 - 05:38 PM

steve s.

steve smith

hmmmm lets see....paul newman = coolest cat maybe EVER....lasseter...semi-sissy....that clear things up for you waits?

Nov 24 - 06:00 PM

tomwaitsjrHAPPYICONOCLAST

Greg Guro

Paul newman has a lot in common with Lasseter. . .

Nov 24 - 06:19 PM

Detrs

Jonn X.

A solid, inoffensive list of acknowledged classics.

Nothing surprising here, but he seems like he'd be a cool guy to hang out and watch movies with.

Nov 24 - 06:28 PM

inactive user

Jared King

Great list 0f 5 (6) films. Bad actor. And The Godfather Part III, minus one Sofia Coppala is really good.

Nov 24 - 06:28 PM

sunsaz

Chris Moore

Not a bad list. Nothing too contradictory since he's a genre actor.

Nov 24 - 06:32 PM

Jockness

Jock Davidson

I'm not that keen on the recent spate of action films starring Stathan but I'm still a fan of his simply for his work with Guy Richie. Snatch and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels are his two best movies in my opinion.

Plus I'm not sure there's any such thing as being too big a fan of Paul Newman, the man was amazing.

Nov 24 - 06:34 PM

cypress550

jeremy burnside

not a bad list

Nov 24 - 06:42 PM

tomwaitsjrHAPPYICONOCLAST

Greg Guro

I really really liked "The Bank Job." that's probably my favorite film of his.

Nov 24 - 06:45 PM

ankur d.

ankur desai

I disagree his best movie is Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barells

Nov 28 - 03:55 PM

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