Mutiny review – Jason Statham’s fight-by-numbers action thriller just about stays above water
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Key context: <p>The hard-working action hero gives us exactly what we expect, and often want, in this sturdy cargo ship-set caper</p><p>The dog days of August have already seen the trotting out of some usual suspects from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/ice-cream-man-review-eli-roth">a junky Eli Roth horror</a> to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/06/super-troopers-3-review-misfiring-cop-comedy-threequel">a belated nostalgia comedy sequel</a> to <a href="https://x.com/Mike_Pence/status/2089161658752979217">a Mike Pence-approved Ronald Reagan drama</a>. This weekend, yet more howls will be heard in cinemas with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxU8FU3o75A&t">a lower-tier horror instalment</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p7j3UvpEQQ">an even lower-tier girlies on tour comedy</a> being shuffled out. It’s all amounting to a rather rubbishy end to what’s been a pretty remarkable summer (easily the biggest since the pandemic), allowing for Spider-Man supremacy until September slowly returns the industry from the D-list closer to the A.</p><p>There can still be low-level popcorn pleasures to be had in August. Last weekend’s throwback dino caper <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/the-end-of-oak-street-review-suburban-dino-survival-romp-is-more-turkey-than-t-rex">The End of Oak Street</a> was a b-movie made with just the right balance of serious to silly while last year Zach Cregger gifted us with <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/06/weapons-review-zach-creggers">Weapons</a>, the rare genre film to end up winning an Oscar. Trophies are unlikely for this weekend’s other medium-sized release Mutiny (if only the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards hadn’t died off at the turn of the 2000s) but if the words ‘Jason Statham vehicle’ possess a safe, soothing quality then there are far worse ways to spend a Saturday night.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/mutiny-movie-review">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The hard-working action hero gives us exactly what we expect, and often want, in this sturdy cargo ship-set caperThe dog days of August have already seen the trotting out of some usual suspects from a junky Eli Roth horror to a belated nostalgia comedy sequel to a Mike Pence-approved Ronald Reagan drama. This weekend, yet more howls will be heard in cinemas with a lower-tier horror instalment and an even lower-tier girlies on tour comedy being shuffled out. It’s all amounting to a rather rubbishy end to what’s been a pretty remarkable summer (easily the biggest since the pandemic), allowing for Spider-Man supremacy until September slowly returns the industry from the D-list closer to the A.There can still be low-level popcorn pleasures to be had in August. Last weekend’s throwback dino caper The End of Oak Street was a b-movie made with just the right balance of serious to silly while last year Zach Cregger gifted us with Weapons, the rare genre film to end up winning an Oscar. Trophies are unlikely for this weekend’s other medium-sized release Mutiny (if only the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards hadn’t died off at the turn of the 2000s) but if the words ‘Jason Statham vehicle’ possess a safe, soothing quality then there are far worse ways to spend a Saturday night. Continue reading...
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