Sean Penn is a veteran assassin ready to retire, but the organisation that he works for has no intention of...
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.
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15 %181 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
31 %13,668 reviewsAudience score rating
"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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Flicks
Flicks"Penn’s veiny, sweat-glazed biceps are the most objectively impressive feature of this rote, humorless thriller..."
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Variety
Variety"A genuine disappointment, given the talent involved..."
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Total Film
Total Film"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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Time Out
Time Out"A garbled mélange of arbitrary, unsatisfying action and token remorse."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Ripe, borderline hammy turns from Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba and Mark Rylance add some spice."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"...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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FilmInk
FilmInk"Sub-Ludlum plotting but stylishly executed, this offers a fun night out..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineThe Gunman | Details
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- Spain, UK, France
