Flicks, Giles Hardie
It’s almost reassuring in 2015 to still be able to walk out of a cinema and ask aloud and with feeling: How on Earth did that get made?
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The Gunman
Sean Penn is a veteran assassin ready to retire, but the organisation that he works for has no intention of letting him go in this action-thriller from the director of Taken. Co-stars Idris Elba, Javier Bardem and Ray Winstone. Based on the 1981 novel The Prone Gunman by French novelist Jean-Patrick Manchette.
2015Rating: MA15+, Strong violence and coarse language105 minsSpain, UK, France
ActionDramaThriller
- Director:
- Pierre Morel ('Taken', 'From Paris with Love')
- Writer:
- Don MacPhersonPete Travis
- Cast:
- Sean PennIdris ElbaJavier BardemRay WinstoneMark RylanceMelina MatthewsJasmine Trinca
The Gunman / Reviews
Variety
Penn’s veiny, sweat-glazed biceps are the most objectively impressive feature of this rote, humorless thriller...
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Time Out
Packed with saw-it-coming plot twists, half-hearted car chases and an angsty hero with mega muscles and zero charisma.
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Hollywood Reporter
Ripe, borderline hammy turns from Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba and Mark Rylance add some spice.
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FilmInk
...a thoughtful, provocative thriller replete with richly crafted characters, gripping set pieces, and an underlying moral drive about the very nature and consequences of violence.
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Empire Magazine
Sub-Ludlum plotting but stylishly executed, this offers a fun night out...
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