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hummingbird
Hummingbird (released as Redemption in the United States) is a 2013 British action drama film written and directed by Steven Knight, in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Jason Statham as an alcoholic veteran haunted by his war crimes; he befriends a Catholic nun, becomes involved in organised crime, and takes revenge on a man who beats and kills prostitutes.
Joseph Smith, a fugitive ex-Special Forces soldier and a homeless drunk in London, is attacked and chased by a group of thugs one night, and finds himself breaking into an apartment. Learning that the owner, a successful photographer named Damon, won't return till the first of October, Joseph starts squatting there and assumes a new identity, calling himself Joey Jones and using Damon's resources while looking for his homeless friend Isabel who been coerced into becoming a prostitute by the same gang that attacked him. Joey is friends with Sister Cristina, a Polish nun who runs the local soup kitchen, and helps him with antibiotics for the wounds he received in the fight with the thugs and information on Isabel's whereabouts. To deflect suspicion of Damon's neighbors, he tells them that he is Damon's boyfriend and starts working at a Chinese restaurant. One night at work, when some rowdy diners cause a scene, Joey fights them off outside the restaurant. His fighting skills impress the senior manager Mr. Choy, who is connected to a London Chinese organised crime syndicate; he hires Joey as a driver and enforcer, tasked with collecting extorted payments and delivering drugs. He saves some of the money he receives and begins ordering pizzas for the homeless at the soup kitchen and buying gifts for Cristina. He finds Dawn, his ex and mother of his young daughter, and gives her some money.