Hello, everyone (bothering to check out my blog as 2025 ends and 2026 begins)! During 2025, I reviewed 15 films and updated dozens more of my previous reviews. In total, as of Jan. 1, 2026, I’ve reviewed 419 films and have written 39 special features since starting my blog. Here is a roundup of all my film reviews from 2025 and Jason Statham is featured in four of the 15 (click on the title link to read the review):
‘The Accountant’
(2016; 128 minutes; rated R; directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons and Jon Bernthal)
* Great action; not much plot – **½ star rating
‘The Accountant 2’
(2025; 132 minutes; rated R; directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson)
* Only if you like violence – ** star rating
‘The Amateur’
(1982; 112 minutes; rated R; directed by Charles Jarrot and starring John Savage, Christopher Plummer, Marthe Keller and Ed Lauter)
* The original; an uneven flick better than the ‘reboot’ – ** star rating
‘The Beekeeper’
(2024; 105 minutes; rated R; directed by David Ayer and starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman and Bobby Naderi)
* Not good, but not that bad – **½ star rating
‘The Challenge’
(1970; 94 minutes; rated NR; directed by Alan Smithee and starring Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford and Mako)
* Interesting TV flick – *** star review
‘Deep Blue Sea’
(1999; 105 minutes; rated R; directed by Renny Harlin and starring Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, LL Cool J and Thomas Jane)
* Better-than-average shark flick – *** star review
‘Gloria’
(1980; 123 minutes; rated PG; directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry and John Adames)
* The original and a superlative film – ***** star rating
‘Happy Gilmore 2’
(2025; 114 minutes; rated PG-13; directed by Kyle Newacheck and starring Adam Sandler, Margaret Qualley and Christopher McDonald)
* More of a vanity outing than a movie – ½* star review
‘The Incredible Mr. Limpet’
(1964; 99 minutes; rated G; directed by Arthur Lubin, Gerry Chiniquy and Robert McKimson; and starring Don Knotts, Jack Weston, Carole Cook)
* Wonderful family flick of live and animated action — **** star rating
‘The Italian Job’
(2003; 111 minutes; rated PG-13; directed by F. Gary Gray and starring Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton and Jason Statham)
* Solid action/caper film – *** star review
‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’
(2025; 133 minutes; rated PG-13; directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey)
* Another franchise failure – * star review
‘Killer Elite’
(2011; 116 minutes; rated R; directed by Gary McKendry and starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro)
* Not a ‘reboot;’ not very good on its own merit – 1/2 * star rating
‘The Mechanic’
(2011; 93 minutes; rated R; directed by Simon West and starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Tony Goldwyn and Donald Sutherland)
* Another stale ‘reboot’ – ** star rating
‘Tankers’
(2018; 90 minutes; unrated; directed by Konstantin Maksimov and starring Andrey Chernyshov, Sergey Gorobchenko and Olga Pogodina)
* Russian war flick; nice tank action – ** star rating
‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’
(1974; 115 minutes; rated R; directed by Michael Cimino and starring Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Jeff Bridges and Geoffrey Lewis)
* Typical Clint; a bunch too long – **½ star rating
There you have it! Links and ratings to all the films I reviewed in 2025. Keep checking back! More reviews to come in 2026 …
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