Mutiny Review | Flickreel

Arriving at the theater for the press screening of Mutiny, the ticket attendant asked what I was there to see. I accidentally said, “Shelter,” confusing it for the other Jason Statham action flick that came out earlier this year. Can you blame me, though? It’s not like Statham is trying especially hard to differentiate one performance from the other. That said, I enjoyed Mutiny more than Shelter, albeit only slightly. Where Shelter was about as generic as Statham movies get, Mutiny is generic… with a few advantages. One of them is Statham, who, despite consistently playing the same character, does his thing well. Statham plays Cole Reed, another stoic tough guy who will inevitably drive a car at some point – even in a movie that primarily takes place on a boat. Cole serves as a bodyguard who’s practically family to his boss, Tibu Campallo (Ramon Tikaram). Statham and Tikaram have a nice chemistry, although it’s apparent from their first scene that Cole’s boss will soon bite the bullet. Cole is set up for his employer’s murder, forcing him to go on the run. Deducing that this conspiracy is connected to Tibu’s shipping business, Cole stows away on a cargo
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