This is what I chose as my follow-up for Flowers of War. A nice, violent Jason Statham movie that didn't require any brainpower.Mei (Catherine Chan) is a 10-year-old math prodigy kidnapped by the Triad and smuggled to America. Her job is to be a human calculator for all the illegal dealings so that nothing is traceable. The big boss (James Hong) gives her a numerical code to memorize and sends her to a meeting, but she is attacked by rival Russian gangsters and only saved by the arrival of a one-man killing machine: Luke (Jason Statham). Luke is a former cop and cage fighter --because of course he is-- whose life has hit rock-bottom thanks to those self-same Russian gangsters. In Mei, he sees his chance at redemption. So they set out to solve the code and keep the Chinese, the Russians, and the corrupt ring of cops chasing them from getting it.
This isn't bad, as Jason Statham movies go. The side characters aren't annoying and the action seems logical enough. Otherwise, it's the fun kind of ridiculousness, perfect for when you can't think about the horrors of the world any more.
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