"Actor's Watch" focuses on watches worn by actors in movies, television, etc.
For the 151st installment, we will be looking at " Jason Statham's watch ."
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With Christmas fast approaching, how are you all doing as the year comes to an end?
I'm probably not the only movie fan who, whenever I see the glittering illuminations in the city, is reminded of Lee Christmas , the knife-wielding mercenary from the popular action movie series " The Expendables, " and the face of Jason Statham , who plays him, comes to mind.
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Who would have imagined 25 years ago that he, who played a slightly weak-headed delinquent in his debut film, " Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels " (1998), would rise to become one of Hollywood's leading action stars? I didn't. I regret that I didn't have the foresight to see things in him back then.
So this time, we would like to take a closer look at the watches worn by world-famous action star Jason Statham in the film.
Adrenaline
CRANK (2006)
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One morning, hitman Chev ( Jason Statham ) wakes up at home and realizes that his physical condition is strange. Chev learns that the cause is drugs given to him by mafia member Ricky ( Jose Pablo Cantillo ), who he has a grudge against, and consults with his family's quack doctor, Dr. Miles ( Dwight Yoakam ). Chev was given a poison called "Pekin Cocktail" to stop the secretion of adrenaline and kill livestock.
With no antidote, Chev has no choice but to keep pumping adrenaline to stay alive. He keeps himself excited by all sorts of methods, including reckless driving, bank robberies, fights, drugs, sex, and drinking large amounts of energy drinks. He chases Ricky while continuing to pump his adrenaline, trying to find a way to stay alive...
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As the title suggests, Adrenaline (2006) is a masterpiece B-grade action movie that even had a silly sequel in which the protagonist "recovers his stolen heart," starring Jason Statham as an assassin who is injected with a poison and will die if he does not continue to release adrenaline .
In this film, which has become a hot topic among movie fans for its excessive and hilarious reckless behavior, Jason Statham is believed to be wearing a TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph (Ref. CV2010.BA0786) . When you think of Carrera in the 2000s, this design is what comes to mind. Since the film is always about time, wearing a racing model is perfect for the atmosphere.
The Expendables 2
THE EXPENDABLES 2 (2012)
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The Expendables are a daredevil mercenary group led by veteran soldier Barney Ross ( Sylvester Stallone ). The Expendables are tasked with retrieving the cargo of a transport plane that crashed in the mountains of Albania, but they encounter an armed criminal group called the Sang, who are also after the same cargo. The situation becomes explosive, the cargo is stolen, and new recruit Billy ( Liam Hemsworth ) is killed.
In order to recover the cargo and avenge Billy, Barney Ross and his trusted subordinate Lee Christmas ( Jason Statham ) track down Jean ( Jean-Claude Van Damme ) , the leader of the Thang .
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The second film in the " The Expendables " (2010) series , written, directed and starring Sylvester Stallone. In addition to Jason Statham, it is a "festival action movie" featuring all the action stars of the 80s and 90s, including Jean-Claude Van Damme , Bruce Willis , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Chuck Norris , Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li .
The watch worn by Jason Statham in this film is the Panerai Luminor 1950 Submersible 3 Days Bronzo (Ref. PAM00671) . In fact, he is known as one of Hollywood's " Panelisti (Panerai enthusiasts) " who has worn Panerai in many films, such as " The Transporter " (2002) and " Operation Fortune " (2023). Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who co-starred in this film, are also famous as Paneristi. The "Expendables" series is a film that you cannot miss if you are a Panerai fan.
MEG the Monster
THE MEG (2018)
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Taylor ( Jason Statham ), the leader of a marine rescue team, heads to rescue a sunken nuclear submarine, but on the way, the ship is attacked by a giant creature and sinks. Taylor and the crew escape in a lifeboat. However, the higher-ups do not acknowledge the existence of the giant creature, and Taylor, who is determined to have made a mistake in judgment due to mental confusion, quits his job as a rescuer.
Five years later, a Chinese research vessel conducting an underwater survey of the Mariana Trench is damaged in the deep sea and is unable to surface. With help from oceanographer Su Yin ( Fan Bingbing ) in rescuing the vessel, Taylor learns that his ex-wife has been involved in the accident and heads to the deep sea, where a giant ancient shark called a Megalodon , thought to have become extinct 2 million years ago, appears and attacks them...
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The Meg (2018) is a marine spectacle film that injects the essence of ancient creatures into Hollywood's traditional panic movies depicting the battle between giant sharks and humans , such as Jaws (1975) and Deep Blue Sea ( 1999). It is a work that could be called a shark version of Jurassic Park.
The watch worn by Jason Statham, who plays a professional marine rescuer in this film, is the IWC Aquatimer La Cumbre Volcano (Ref. IW379505) . It is very symbolic that he is wearing a watch with a motif of La Cumbre volcano in the Galapagos Islands, also known as the "Island of Evolution," on his wrist as he fights ancient sharks that have been left behind by evolution.
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What did you think.
With a little research, you can easily find many movies in which Jason Statham wears a Panerai . Of course, it would not be interesting if he only wore a Panerai, so it was quite hard to find movies in which he wore a watch from another brand. But if you look, you will find one (lesson learned).
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Jason Statham's latest film, " The Beekeeper ," is scheduled to be released in the U.S. on January 12, 2024. A former special forces beekeeper aims to destroy a huge fraud group to avenge his benefactor, who committed suicide after all his assets were stolen from him. It is a "the opponent you underestimated turns out to be the strongest" type of action film. The screenplay is written by Kurt Wimmer , director of the futuristic sci-fi gun action masterpiece " Rebellion ," so I'm faintly hoping that we might see Jason Statham's " gun-kata ."
In the trailer for this film, we could not see Jason Statham wearing a watch, so we will be keeping an eye on whether he will be wearing a watch in the film, or whether he will be wearing a Panerai, when the film is released in Japan.
see you!