Blitz Review | Steve McQueen’s explosive World War II drama falls flat

It’s worth noting that this isn’t Jason Statham’s 2011 cop-versus-killer-cop vehicle of the same name, as these two films couldn’t be more different. If video rentals still existed, we would see a lot of very confused fans from both camps.

However, parts of Blitz (2024) are just as exciting as watching the Stath chase after a London-based serial killer, if such a thing can be imagined. Based on a conflicted mother’s (Saoirse Ronan) hunt for her out-of-control eight-year-old, McQueen’s latest film is something of an anthology film disguised as a conventional A-to-B drama. On his travels, young George (Elliott Heffernan) meets people from all social classes in the capital, from the friendly air raid warden (Benjamin Clementine) to…