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On a licence to uncover a mystery item, Statham’s secret agent is outshone at ever turn by Aubrey Plaza and Hugh GrantWith the Bond franchise taking itself rather seriously these days, and Bond himself missing in action, there’s a vacancy for a wise-cracking, globe-trotting secret agent with a taste for the high life. And Jason Statham hereby throws his hat into the ring. In this flashy but hollow action adventure from Guy Ritchie, Statham plays Orson Fortune, a spy with a formidable skill set and an expense account to match. Orson’s team, including minxy tech genius Sarah (Aubrey Plaza), is employed by the British government to investigate the theft of a mystery item, and to secure it – whatever it is – before it hits the black market. Brokering the deal is shady arms trader Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant).And here’s the problem for Statham’s super spy: for all the Ukrainian gangsters he nuts and helicopters he pilots, Orson Fortune is just not particularly interesting or fleshed out as a character. Plaza and Grant, meanwhile, steal every scene they touch.On Amazon Prime Video Continue reading...