Taking a breather from the imperiling of Gerard Butler — their latest collaboration “Greenland 2: Migration” opened just three weeks ago — director Ric Roman Waugh puts Jason Statham through a similar action wringer in “Shelter.” This mix of espionage intrigue, shoot-outs and rather rote sentimentality has the star as a recluse revealed as a fugitive, who then must flee an army of deadly pursuers while protecting a teenaged innocent (Bodhi Rae Breathnach from “Hamnet”). None of these elements feel very fresh, least of all in Ward Parry’s formulaic screenplay. But they’re executed with sufficient slick professionalism to make for a passable if unmemorable diversion.
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