Even better is a battle in which Frank knocks around the bad guys by opening and closing file cabinets. An escape in an airport is flat-out exciting, with Frank driving his Audi through crowded terminals. Director Camille Delamarre scores most of the time, with a couple of great sequences standing out. That is, it allows Frank to engage in hands-on combat and high-speed car chases. However dopey it may be, the story line serves its function. Plus, they had time to memorize passages from "The Three Musketeers," so we're talking beauty and brains here. Apparently, prostitution isn't that tough in the French Riviera, because these women look ready to hit a fashion runway at any minute. The plot involves a group of four prostitutes targeting the pimp who forced them into business 15 years earlier. Journeyman actor Ray Stevenson has a ball here, playing the character with a jaunty twinkle in his eye and enough personality to make up for Skrein's lack of one. Apparently, he was a terrible one, because he gets kidnapped twice before the film ends. Frank Senior is a roguish charmer who says he's an Evian sales rep but is actually some kind of retired spy. That could derail the whole project, so the filmmakers smartly give Frank a dad to help him out. Skrein gets the first part of the equation down, but seems sadly deficient in the other two areas. Jason Statham created the role, which seemed tailor-made to his particular brand of charisma - monosyllabic, suave and vaguely threatening.
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