Spy (2015) Statham Does Comedy! – The Weekly Movie Throwdown Podcast

If you only think of Jason Statham as a throat-punching, ass-kicking assassin, this film is for you. From 2015, this Paul Fieg action/comedy puts our boy into a whole new role: comic actor. And just like when he’s throwing someone through a window, he doesn’t disappoint.

Melissa McCarthy is the lead in this one, playing a CIA operative who’s forced out into the field to help retrieve a missing nuke. Along the way, she’s continually reminded by Statham’s character, Rick Ford, that he’s a real spy and that she’s going to screw up the mission, even though that’s pretty much all he ever does.

Equal parts James Bond and Laurel & Hardy, Spy is a really fun one to dive into.

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Still to come during Jason Statham month:

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch (2/26)

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