Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Redemption (2013) Hummingbird (original title) REVIEW -- R | 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Drama

 















Redemption (2013)  Hummingbird (original title)

R | 1h 40min | ActionCrimeDrama 

Stars:   Jason StathamAgata Buzek

I love the character development and clear picture of the real world this film portrays.  Nothing can prepare a man for the horrors of war – it changes you.  Joey Smith, a damaged Special Forces deserter ends up homeless wandering London's bustling streets.  Little by little, as he struggles to rebuild his life circumstances converge that inevitably, force him to avenge a friend.  Redemption film title was used in the USA probably because he needs it so badly.  Hummingbird the overseas title was probably used because he often has random hallucinations of the men he killed as revenge for his buddy’s deaths and of "hummingbirds", the aerial drones used in Afghanistan.

I really enjoyed Agata Buzek who plays Cristina, a love interest role is an altruistic nun who cares for Joey. The action scenes reminded me of the Leon the professional film.  No messing around just quick and over.  Minimal talking when force is necessary.  Also, like Tuco in the classic film Good Bad and the Ugly
"When You Have to Shoot, Shoot. Don't Talk."

Quote:
Joey: You know why she ended up in the river? Because that's what the river's for. To wash away girls when they're finished with them!

The movie also reminded me of the different worlds people live & die in.  Those who go to work and raise a family in trying not to think of the atrocities all around them such as human trafficking, civil wars (Syrian civil war for instance has been going on for over 10 years), water and food shortages worldwide, drug wars, religious persecution such as Uyghur people group in China estimated 1-3 million currently in prison camps in the year 2021, the purging of our babies under the guise of Planned Parenthood genocide clinics (example there should be 80 million black Americans in the year 2020, but because of abortions the census numbers are just under 48 million).  The child pornography industry, sweat shops across globe for the fashion industry, and the list goes on. None of this is new and we can’t help anyone else unless we first take care of our own families and citizens.  Good people have always cried out to God for help and he simply tells us to live a quiet godly life minding our own business and lightening others burdens when we can.  Most around the world can barely provide for our own family’s needs.  By living a godly life in a small way, we may help others in some measure lightening their burden in Jesus name.   

 


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