I really shouldn't read reviews before seeing a movie... You know, make my own mind up.. Try not to be lead..
Here we have another viewing with Graham. Bit of detail first. Starring Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Connie Nielson and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit and Enders Game). It's directed by McGee (whose Charlie's Angels 2 was truly awfull..!) and Luc Besson's wrote and produced..
To start with we find grizzled CIA hit man Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) falling ill during a 'hit'.. As it turns out he's got cancer and given a few months to live (no, not 3 days). So he decides to travel to Paris to make peace with his astranged wife (Connie Nielson) and teach his daughter (Hailee Steinfeld) to ride a bike.. Whilst over there he is approached by his boss (the gorgeous Amber Heard) and told there's an experimental, potential cure that she'll provide him if he performs one more kill (you still with me?) Anyway Kevin coughs a lot and kills a lot and that's it really.. It was a bit tedious to be honest and lacked the grit and all out power of Besson's Taken (which it clearly wants to be).
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