Plot
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.
Release Year: 2015
Rating: 5.6/10 (2,616 voted)
Critic's Score: 39/100
Director: Pierre Morel
Stars: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca
Storyline
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, working for an unknown client, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's (Sean Penn's) successful kill shot forces him to go into hiding to protect himself and the members of the team from retribution. This includes abruptly abandoning his girlfriend who has no idea what is going on. The assassination, paid for by a foreign mining company, triggers wide spread chaos and death in an already inflamed Congo. Terrier returns to the Congo years later working for an NGO, but eventually finds himself to be the target of a paid hit squad somehow connected to the ministers assassination. This leads to immediate deaths and the endangerment of the people working around him, and forces him back into hiding. In trying to discover who has put a price on his head, he begins to reconnect to the members of his old assassination team, including his old girlfriend. Always aware there is no path to redemption for his crimes, he is also periodically ...
Writers: Don MacPherson, Jean-Patrick Manchette
Cast: Sean Penn -
Terrier
Jasmine Trinca -
Annie
Javier Bardem -
Felix
Ray Winstone -
Stanley
Mark Rylance -
Cox
Idris Elba -
DuPont
Peter Franzén -
Reiniger
Billy Billingham -
Reed
Daniel Adegboyega -
Bryson
Ade Oyefeso -
Eugene
Alejandro Talavante -
Bullfighter
Florian Barisey -
Village Boy
Ismael Tunkara -
Village Boy
Amara Tunkara -
Village Boy
Rachel Lascar -
Camille
Trivia:
Sean Penn had been seeking to work with Mark Rylance for a very long time. He invited him to join the movie and agreed to arrange the shooting schedules according to Rylance's availability. See more »
Goofs:
When Jim is on the phone with Cox, Cox's blackberry screen says "Incoming call from Jim" and has the Answer & Decline buttons available. See more »
User Review
Author:
Rating: 10/10
Wow I loved this movie it was Superb in my opinion and I never pay
attention to critics now-a-days because you can never trust them to a
certain degree. I will say that this movie is incredibly well done and
filmed. The film is directed by Pierre Morel who directed Taken and
From Paris with Love so he a ton of experience with action style movies
and it definitely shows. The story is easy to understand and cliché yes
but put together nicely and while there is a ton of talking that just
makes the action scenes even more desirable in my opinion. The acting
was top-notch by Sean and as for Idris Elba and Javier Bardem they were
in it here and there but not much and they did all right but nowhere
near there performances of the past. The action is where it is at in
this film there are maybe half a dozen action scenes but Phenomenal I
must say that had me believe this is definitely an R rated Taken and it
shows. I would recommend any fans of Taken and or Casino Royale to
watch this movie.
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