Osiris3657

Director: Pierre Morel (Taken, District B13, From Paris with Love)
Writer: Pete Travis (Director of Dredd, 2012 version)

Cast:
Sean Penn
Javier Bardem
Idris Elba

Plot: Based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette, an international spy (Penn) must clear his name in order to save himself from the organization that he used to work for.

Shooting starts next month.

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The cast alone is probably worth seeing this.

Solid Snake

Iffy on the director but the cast is cool. Well I only care about Elba and Bardem honestly. Penn doesn't visually look right to be next to the others.

sleepyhead55

Hmmm, I actually read the source novel years ago and enjoyed it. It's got a post-modern noir feel to it. That being said I don't know whether or not it can be adapted to my liking. There's a certain moodiness/existential angst to it that I'm not sure will be present if they are writing this as a modern Hollywood thriller/popcorn movie.

This is a good reminder that I have to reread the novel though.

RocShemp

I enjoyed Taken, Banlieue 13, and even the polarizing From Paris with Love. So I'm cool with Pierre Morel at the helm. The plot seems sparse but I liked Pete Travis' work with the equally sparsely plotted Dredd so I might just like this. I'm not a fan of Sean Penn, however. Always found him overrated. The other two cast members are great, though.

Osiris3657

First pic

Osiris3657

Should come out this Fall.

Solid Snake

Ray Winstone is in this too, eh?

Tarantino

Comes out February 20, 2015. Looks like the studio thinks it's garbage, dropping it in Feb.

Osiris3657

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EddieMoney

Trailer looks decent. With that cast, I will definitely give it a shot.

Osiris3657

Comes out tomorrow. Getting crushed by critics. 19% on RT.

I have a readmittance pass to AMC and think I may use it on this. If it does turn out to suck, at least I can say I saw it for free.

GoldenJCJ

Despite what the critics are saying I still think this looks cool. How often do we get Sean Penn in kick-ass Liam Neeson mode? I'm hoping if nothing else, it's turns ou to be goofy fun.

Ash Ketchum

Is there any parkour in it?

Why So Blu?

A friend of mine saw this and didn't care for it. It had Sean Penn shooting things and surfing. Yes, surfing.

Cellar Door

I guess nobody went to see this--it bombed hard this weekend. $5M in 2,816 theaters.

d2cheer

Honestly I don't think it was advertised very well. I only saw one or two ads that made it look like a generic revenge movie. Plus Sean Penn does not scream action hero or tough guy so there is that.

DJariya

Just got out of seeing it. I thought it was so-so at best. I'd give it a C. Some of the action was good, but I didn't really care for the plot. Just another tired African themed political storyline which has been done to death in the movies. For a guy who gets top billing, Idris Elba's part is super small. I would say he's in it no more than 15-20 minutes. I would say this is a rental at best.

Troy Stiffler

It's a tired genre with nothing unique to offer.

hanshotfirst1138

What genre? Revenge movies, action movies?

Dr. DVD

This.

Osiris3657

Watched this on a plane ride. It was OK, not as bad as the reviews suggest. It held my attention, but the plot wasn't very exciting. The knife fight at the end was pretty badass.

JimRochester

Tried watching this last night and found it incredibly boring. Glad it was a rental, mad it was a $2 rental and that I didn't wait until it hit the $1 bin to get it.