Variety
Crosses the irreverent cheekiness of Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" with the ruthless spirit of 1970s B-movies...
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Free Fire
A gun trade goes hilariously wrong in this ‘70s-set, one-room, guns-a-blazing comedy from director Ben Wheatley (High-Rise). Executive-produced by Martin Scorsese.
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.
2016Rating: MA15+, Strong violence and coarse language90 minsFrance, UK
ActionComedy
- Director:
- Ben Wheatley ('High-Rise', 'Sightseers', 'Kill List')
- Writer:
- Ben WheatleyAmy Jump
- Cast:
- Brie LarsonArmie HammerCillian MurphySharlto CopleyJack ReynorBabou CeesayEnzo CilentiSam Riley
Free Fire / Reviews
Total Film
Loud, ripe, violent, bloody and blackly funny, Free Fire cocks its gun right in your face. See it – and bring earplugs.
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Time Out
Ben Wheatley shouldn't settle for becoming the next Guy Ritchie. For some reason, he'd like to.
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The Telegraph
Far 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.
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The New Yorker
A smug knockoff of Quentin Tarantino's brand of ironic violence, at several degenerations' remove.
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The New York Times
Mr. 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.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Part of the fun is the highwire act as the filmmakers try to outwit or outrun expectations...
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Los Angeles Times
"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.
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Hollywood Reporter
Alas, for all its stellar talent, Free Fire is a scattershot exercise in genre homage that ultimately misses the target.
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Empire Magazine
This is seriously cool, stuffed with great dialogue and riddled with bullets.
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