You Have To See How Jason Statham’s New Movie Openly Admit It’s A Die Hard Knock-Off

By Jonathan Klotz
| Updated 13 minutes ago

Jason Statham has been in a lot of great B-tier action movies in his career. Most of the time, he’s a retired special forces operative pulled back into duty to roundhouse kick villains one last time. That’s…not going to change with his latest movie, Mutiny. He’s a former cop and a former marine out to board a cargo ship to save his daughter. It’s Die Hard on a boat, and for once, we have an action movie that’s admitting exactly what it is:

For reference, here’s the original post for Die Hard:

Die Hard On A Boat

There’s been too many Die Hard knock-offs to count. Mutiny’s latest poster is a loving homage to the Bruce Willis classic that redefined action movies forever. It’s harder to find a movie that hasn’t been influenced by Die Hard. For example, there was also the Steven Seagal classic, Under Siege where he was a cook on a submarine, that was basically Die Hard on a boat, but this time, Mutiny really is giving us Die Hard on a boat. And let’s be honest, Jason Statham is far more entertaining than Seagal ever was. 

Does the plot of Mutiny really matter? Jason Statham plays Cole Reed, his daughter is on a ship, it’s hijacked, he’s the only one that can save the day, and he does. Haven’t seen the movie, that’s the movie. It’s going to be amazing. 

It’s Okay To Admit You Love Jason Statham Movies

For all of the good-natured ribbing Jason Statham gets over his roles all being basically the same, there’s no denying his success. He turned The Meg into a blockbuster, The Transporter is an action classic, and The Beekeeper was one of the best action movies of the last few years. He’s the king of reliable box office success. Sometimes, he’ll throw a curveball and make a movie like Homefront that’s slower and more character-driven than you’d expect, but nine times out of ten, he’s kicking bad guys in the face. 

The obvious similarities can be forgiven if the movie is fun. Too often movies are being judged by box office, cultural impact, or memes, and what’s being lost is that it’s okay to make a dumb action movie that doesn’t require you to think. There’s no worldbuilding, no connected universe…but how awesome would the Stathamverse be? Simply being entertained is enough. 

Mutiny hits theaters on August 21st. You already know what the whole movie is going to be like, you already know if you’re the right audience for this particular type of entertainment or not. Speaking of connected universes, Jason Statham will be competing with Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth entry in Jason Blum’s other horror franchise, and The Magic Faraway Tree starring Andrew Garfield.

If you like seeing one man take down a battalion of mercenaries with nothing but his wits, bulging muscles, and a jawline that can cut glass, there’s only one choice for the weekend, even if it’s nothing more than Die Hard on a boat, Die Hard’s awesome, let’s keep making more Die Hards.