Free Fire
A gun trade goes hilariously wrong in this ‘70s-set, one-room, guns-a-blazing comedy from director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise).
Massachusetts, late '70s. Justine (Oscar-winner Brie Larson) has brokered a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two Irishmen (Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley) and a gang led by Vernon (Sharlto Copley) and Ord (Armie Hammer) who are selling them a stash of guns. But when shots are fired in the handover, a heart stopping game of survival ensues. Produced by our lord and saviour Martin Scorsese.
- Director:
- Ben Wheatley ('High-Rise', 'Sightseers', 'Kill List')
- Writer:
- Ben WheatleyAmy Jump
- Cast:
- Brie LarsonArmie HammerCillian MurphySharlto CopleyJack ReynorBabou CeesayEnzo CilentiSam Riley
Reviews & comments
No kiss kiss, all bang bang
A dozen outlaw and hustler-types, of differing backgrounds and styles, converge in an abandoned warehouse for a major arms deal. It goes so well that they're soon swept into a prolonged, close-quarters shoot-out, a maelstrom from which it's unlikely anyone will walk away in one piece. Much of the cast - who bring some real acting-game in ways you won't...
Variety
pressCrosses the irreverent cheekiness of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" with the ruthless spirit of 1970s B-movies...
Total Film
pressLoud, ripe, violent, bloody and blackly funny, Free Fire cocks its gun right in your face. See it – and bring earplugs.
Time Out
pressBen Wheatley shouldn't settle for becoming the next Guy Ritchie. For some reason, he'd like to.
The Telegraph
pressFar more than his previous films, which tend to unfold in a dream-like daze, Free Fire is a mad contraption, bristling with bravado and black, sardonic wit.
The New Yorker
pressA smug knockoff of Quentin Tarantino's brand of ironic violence, at several degenerations' remove.
The New York Times
pressMr. Wheatley's "High-Rise" was a highlight of 2016, and again he shows that he's a technically virtuosic director whose humour has a bracingly nasty side. He's also no dummy.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressPart of the fun is the highwire act as the filmmakers try to outwit or outrun expectations...
Los Angeles Times
press"Free Fire" is not Wheatley's best film, but it is a rollicking good time and, more important, an inadvertent skeleton key to thinking about and understanding the rest of his films.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAlas, for all its stellar talent, Free Fire is a scattershot exercise in genre homage that ultimately misses the target.
Empire Magazine
pressThis is seriously cool, stuffed with great dialogue and riddled with bullets.
Variety
pressCrosses the irreverent cheekiness of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" with the ruthless spirit of 1970s B-movies...
Total Film
pressLoud, ripe, violent, bloody and blackly funny, Free Fire cocks its gun right in your face. See it – and bring earplugs.
Time Out
pressBen Wheatley shouldn't settle for becoming the next Guy Ritchie. For some reason, he'd like to.
The Telegraph
pressFar more than his previous films, which tend to unfold in a dream-like daze, Free Fire is a mad contraption, bristling with bravado and black, sardonic wit.
The New Yorker
pressA smug knockoff of Quentin Tarantino's brand of ironic violence, at several degenerations' remove.
The New York Times
pressMr. Wheatley's "High-Rise" was a highlight of 2016, and again he shows that he's a technically virtuosic director whose humour has a bracingly nasty side. He's also no dummy.
Sydney Morning Herald
pressPart of the fun is the highwire act as the filmmakers try to outwit or outrun expectations...
Los Angeles Times
press"Free Fire" is not Wheatley's best film, but it is a rollicking good time and, more important, an inadvertent skeleton key to thinking about and understanding the rest of his films.
Hollywood Reporter
pressAlas, for all its stellar talent, Free Fire is a scattershot exercise in genre homage that ultimately misses the target.
Empire Magazine
pressThis is seriously cool, stuffed with great dialogue and riddled with bullets.
No kiss kiss, all bang bang
A dozen outlaw and hustler-types, of differing backgrounds and styles, converge in an abandoned warehouse for a major arms deal. It goes so well that they're soon swept into a prolonged, close-quarters shoot-out, a maelstrom from which it's unlikely anyone will walk away in one piece. Much of the cast - who bring some real acting-game in ways you won't...
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