Top 12 Jason Statham Movie Highlights

Daniel Day-Lewis may be celebrated as one of the greatest actors in cinematic history, with three Academy Awards to his name—three more than fellow English actor Jason Statham. However, has Day-Lewis ever choked a man with casino chips, knocked someone out with a coin, killed a man with a spoon, or punched a man in the fist with his own head? Jason Statham accomplished all of these feats in the same film. There's simply no comparison.

Statham has established himself as one of the most reliable action stars of the 21st century. With his new movie, A Working Man, hitting the screens, it's the perfect time to celebrate some of the most memorable moments from Jason Statham's action-packed and humorous career. After all, until the Oscars start recognizing feats like walking through fire, water-skiing blindfolded, or mastering the piano late in life, this is the least we can do.

The Best Jason Statham Movie Moments

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12. Homefront

Ever felt that Jason Statham's action heroes could take down three men with their hands tied behind their back? In Homefront, Statham does exactly that, annihilating three foes with his hands bound. It's a thrilling way to start our list.

11. The Beekeeper

The one thing that stung about The Beekeeper was Statham's surprising leniency towards some scam call center employees, allowing them to escape before blowing up the building because they apologized. We don't watch Jason Statham movies for mercy! Thankfully, he redeems himself by chasing down the call center manager, strapping him to his truck, and driving off a bridge, dragging the villain behind. They say bumblebees aren't efficient flyers, but they certainly fly better than a 1967 Ford F-100.

10. Wild Card

Returning to the film mentioned in the introduction, Wild Card, directed by the mastermind behind Con Air, not only features a cameo from Stanley Tucci with hair but also boasts some of Statham's finest fight scenes. In the climactic battle, Statham takes down five armed goons with just a spoon and a butter knife, emerging unscathed. Jason Statham: the undisputed king of knifey spoony.

9. Death Race

Paul W.S. Anderson's track record with video game adaptations may not scream prestige, but his slightly camp 2008 film, Death Race, deserves recognition. It showcases a Mad Max: Fury Road-level dedication to crashing giant death trucks, seven years before George Miller's film. Statham outwits the Juggernaut by teaming up with his rival, making it the film's standout moment. The score remains: practical effects - one million, CGI - zero.

8. The Meg

No list of Jason Statham's memorable movie moments would be complete without his encounter with a megalodon in The Meg. Statham not only slices the prehistoric shark from teeth to tail with a metal spear but also surfs it as it leaps into the air, piercing its eyeball. As the giant creature crashes back into the water, it's devoured by smaller sharks. It doesn't matter where the predator comes from; if it bleeds, you can kill it.

7. The Transporter

Sliding into the seventh spot is one of Statham's most iconic roles: Frank Martin in The Transporter. The original 2002 film, directed by Corey Yuen, is packed with Hong Kong-quality fight scenes. Which moment to choose? The container fight, the axe fight, or the bus fight? The answer is the oil fight, where Frank covers himself in oil to slip past his enemies, then uses bicycle pedals and spinning heel kicks to take them down.

6. The Fate of the Furious

Deckard Shaw's transformation from villain to hero in the Fast and the Furious saga was initially controversial, but since Fast 9 revealed he never killed Han, we can enjoy his past actions guilt-free. One unforgettable moment is the airborne rescue of Dom and Elena's baby in The Fate of the Furious, blending gun-fu with humor. Statham's involvement in the Fast saga since his post-credits appearance in Fast & Furious 6 has been action-packed, but this scene stands out.

5. The Expendables

As part of Sylvester Stallone's Expendables franchise, Jason Statham's character, Lee Christmas, gets plenty of opportunities to shine. From kicking Scott Adkins into a helicopter to firing a flare from a flying boat, his moments are memorable. But the most iconic is his swift and brutal basketball court beatdown of his girlfriend's abusive ex and his friends. Christmas may only come once a year, but when he does, he delivers a swift, 16-second thrashing. He's like Santa, but instead of a nice list, he has a knife list.

4. Spy

In the hilarious 2015 film Spy, Jason Statham steals the show as Rick Ford, the unkillable secret agent who's immune to 179 poisons and makes his own suits. Statham has many funny moments, but the best is when he regales Melissa McCarthy with tales of his legendary toughness: "I drove a car off a freeway, on top of a train, while I was on fire. Not the car. I was on fire."

3. Transporter 2

You couldn't forget the iconic barrel roll from Transporter 2. Calm as ever, Frank Martin flips his Audi upside down to dislodge a bomb, with the confidence of someone brushing off a speck of dust. Tell your teachers: Physics are cancelled.

2. Crank: High Voltage

After surviving a fall from a helicopter, Chev Chelios' superhuman heart is stolen by Chinese gangsters in Crank 2. One of the film's wildest moments is when Chev hallucinates a fight at a power station as a giant kaiju version of himself, wearing a mask of his own head. This is a real movie that definitely happened.

1. Snatch

What better choice for the top spot than Snatch, where Jason Statham, in only his second film after Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, holds his own against Hollywood heavyweights like Brad Pitt and Benicio Del Toro. The film is packed with quotable lines, but Turkish's response to Tommy's gun in his trousers is a standout: "What is a gun doing in your trousers?" "For protection." "Protection from what? Zee Germans?" A safer bet than anything Brick Top suggests, at least.