The You-Half of Forgiveness

God, do I love a good Jason Statham movie.

Especially the revenge ones. Wrath of Man. Beekeeper.

They're just 90-minute ensembles of the most satisfying carnage imaginable. The broken bones become therapeutic. We like watching him win; taking back what he lost, through violence.

It feels right. Like justice. Like how the world should work.

Bad guys do bad things. Good guys beat the living shit out of them until order is restored. A masculine love story.

But we all know that’s not true.

In the real wor...