Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Redemption (Hummingbird) has all the feel of a novel that has been made into a movie (it isn't). An emotionally scarred veteran of the UK war in Afghanistan now lives on the streets in London, when a mix of circumstances provide him with a second chance. He's hardly pure however, and the movie includes a fair amount of questionable decisions and violence, as well as much temptation for a nun. The movie easily holds your interest, and it is thoroughly watchable. The drawbacks? It has a bit of a "Haven't I seen this before?" to it, especially when Statham serves as a driver, or flexes his muscles against multiple opponents. And there are times when you say to yourself, "Gee. Would that character really have done THAT?" But these are actually modest quibbles. The decisions faced by both Statham, and Agata Buzek, as the nun, are genuinely interesting, and writer/director Steven Knight more often than not chooses a unexpected resolution to the problems faced by the characters. I'd give this a 7.5, which I rounded up to 8 for IMDb scoring purposes.

This is one of those movies that has stuck with me for a couple of days after watching it. A very different role for Jason Statham, and not what I was expecting from him, more dramatic. Here the choreographed fight sequences, bone breaking, car chasing action and general carnage take a back seat while Statham shows us a deeper and more emotional character. He pulls it off for the most part even managing to shed a tear.The movie isn't without its flaws though it flip-flops, is vague at times and even draggy but I was still invested throughout.I liked the story, a sort of modern day twist on Robin Hood following a damaged (and AWOL) special forces war veteran who has shut himself down with the aid of the bottle and is now one of the homeless on the streets of London. After getting beat up by some local thugs Joey Jones finds himself on the run and accidentally breaking (falling through the roof) into an apartment where the wealthy owner is away for the summer. Joey cleans himself up, borrows the mans clothes, his credit card, his car and sets about getting sober and fit again, eventually finding a job in a Chinese kitchen that requires some muscle.Jones then becomes a sort of vigilante in a bid to atone for his sins and also to find the girl he was playing hobo with on the streets who's been taken into a prostitution ring.We also see the building of a relationship with a faltering nun named Cristina (Agata Buzek) -she is fantastic and while this quasi romance does take over the story to a certain degree I enjoyed them together, great dialogue and interplay and just unique. 4/18/16

After I saw Wild Card, which has some of the most awesome fight-scenes ever, I thought maybe, just maybe this one too has fighting gold in it. But no. Well, it has some fighting, but not nearly the same caliber as Wild Card. (I knew Corey Yuen wasn't involved so I did not expect the violence to be that good, but I hoped)This more of a drama really, but with some action/violence sprinkled in. Actually it's a pretty decent movie. Jason Statham has this screen presence, he is just entertaining to watch. Also his fighting style is very cool.Hummingbird/Redemption doesn't reinvent anything, but it does what it tries to do, pretty well. It has a couple of great moments, but mostly it's OK, you know? Had IMDb had half stars, this would be a 6.5 for me.Overall the movie is entertaining and kind of interesting, but it just lacks a little something something to make it really good.

(69%) A more dramatic change of pace for Mr Statham resulting in a better than expected crime drama. The direction is rock solid with fantastic use of neon light, and the main characters are nicely fleshed out with real back story along with haunting tragedy that works well in pushing forward the choices they make and the people they are. All-in-all a very well put together production, despite a few minor niggles with its slightly overworked plot, but I'd still put it amongst hard-man Jason's best performances as well as his better films in general, although those expecting an all-out action movie better look elsewhere as this is mostly a drama, and a very good one at that. P.S "Hummingbird" is a much better title for this movie, so why it's also called the rather bland "Redemption" I have no idea. I'll stick with calling it Hummingbird.