creditsdirectorsteven knightcastjason statham vicky mcclure senem temizwriter steven knightindian distributor top entertainment pvt ltdgenre action thrillerrelease date june 28 2013synopsis joey jason statham an exspecial forces soldier returns to london from a traumatic tour of duty in afghanistan on the run from the military court martial he faces another war of life in london as he is homeless and damaged trapped in the citys criminal underworld joey assumes a new identity with the aid of sister cristina agata buzek a young nun who works at an innercity parish struggling to keep hold of his integrity joey transforms into an avenging angel but when he learns his missing girlfriend was brutally murdered by a ruthless kingpin he risks everything for revenge hurtling down a deadly path that promises to destroy him completely or be his final and only hope at redeeming himself knight said the film was an attempt to show audiences that there are people in all circumstances trying to do good where they can with stathams character ensuring he helps people living on the street when his luck turnsi think hes robin hood and hes trying to do the right thing and hes trying to get justice knight saidin a world where sometimes if youre weak then you cant get justice hes someone who uses his strength to get that the title hummingbird refers to the surveillance drones used by armed forces and is a metaphor for observation and judgment throughout the film