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Contracted to kill. Fighting to survive.
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
24 Hours to Live
2017 Directed by Brian Smrz
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Ethan Hawke Xu Qing Paul Anderson Rutger Hauer Tyrone Keogh Nathalie Boltt Liam Cunningham Jeremy Yong Susan Young Hakeem Kae-Kazim Claire Berlein Richard Lothian Tanya van Graan Alex Anlos Andrew Morgado Jenna Upton Aidan Whytock Bjorn Steinbach Brendan Murray Gary Glushon Susan Ling Young Jason Maydew Shane John Kruger Jeremeo Le Cordeur Owen de Wet Tuks Tad Lungu
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24 heures à vivre, 24 ur do smrti, 24小時：末路重生, 24 години на життя
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Brian Smrz....Smrz? Yep, Smrz worked as a stunt man and second unit director. And just like the John Wick guys he moved to the director's chair. And just like in John Wick the director shoots ass fucking kicking action like a motherfucking boss. With these guys there's no green screen or computer generated action. Ethan Hawke does John Wick shit here too. An international witness, interpol agents, billion dollar corporations, hitmen, a million bullets fired, here the action is the juice, brother! Had a blast with this one.
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I wasn't planning on seeing this movie. But due to the California fires and other extenuating circumstances, I quickly found myself watching my Plan C and that was 24 Hours to Live.
It is an interesting concept with multiple locations across the world. Throw in excessive violence that executives probably hoped would keep audiences interested and maybe you have yourself a deal.
A couple of times, I felt it could have been more. It was sufficient. It wasn't bad. It wasn't great. But it could have been a lot worse.
This is the 84th film I've seen with Movie Pass.
Vegan alert:
Someone shot through an aquarium and all the water rushed out, assumedly killing all the fish. -
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It's the kind of movie where one guy is storming a fortress, the villain knows who the guy is, there's an explosion after an initial skirmish and someone still feels compelled to say "It's him."
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This was a fine action movie but I was honestly expecting more out of it. First off, Ethan Hawke is excellent in it. Though I think hes always excellent. Definitely one of my favorite actors. Theres a moment towards the beginning of this when two men follow him into a strip club and how he subdues them gave me a vibe on how this movie and the character would be. Smart, Fast. Maybe a little John Wick-ish. After that scene though, it never really showed him like that again. Just your usual shootouts. Liam Cunningham plays the bad guy but he isnt given much at all to do. Same with Rutger Hauer who plays Ethan Hawke's father in law. He…
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Rutger Hauer zit er de eerste minuut in en in de voorlaatste minuut.
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didnt realzie/forgot rutger hauer was in thsi. first thing ive seen him in since he died
RIP
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There's nothing new under the sun, it seems, but that's okay; 24 Hours To Live is a solid action-er preferable to watching a rom-com.
Some "continuity" questions:
a) Having lived in Hongkong, I wonder how Travis Conrad got past the security guard in the main lobby to have an introductory conversation with Grandma Bisset at her entry door. Even if there were no guard, that conversation would have taken place on the intercom. Plus, being a westerner, Travis's presence would have been noticeable by many residents of that residential building, also for the fact that he speaks Mandarin and not Cantonese.
b) When Travis and his hostage driver near the Red Mountain offices, the driver announces on the walkie talkie…
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This movie is so fucking stupid and predictable. I mean really? Gets 24h to live to kill more and die again and re live and so on and so forth. 10/10 would watch again
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Just on its surface level, this is not the kind of project you'd expect someone like Ethan Hawke to have their name attached to. Hawke is one of those highly respected A-listers, an Oscar-worthy actor who rose to fame with films like Dead Poets Society and the like. Sure, he was in Training Day, but that was more action-adjacent than anything.
It's not just the genre; it's the format. 24 Hours to Live is a low-budget, straight-to-video actioner in the vein of something like the later Universal Soldier movies, or the Marine sequels, or Undisputed II, or...you get the picture. This is something you'd get a pre-Amazon Jean Claude Van Damme to star in, or, if you were really desperate...Seagal.…
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24 Hours to Live
(2017)Director:
Brian Smrz
(Hero Wanted)An assassin is killed in action and revived by a special operation giving him another 24 hours to live. His mission is to seek redemption however he sees necessary.
Ethan Hawke is a great actor and this movie despite its name is actually a solid action film. The story is decent but the actions sequences are surprisingly good for a film that went straight to store shelves. The only thing that kept that film from being great is the use of the CG blood that was noticeably bad. It's a fun action film that wants to be like ”John Wick” and ”Atomic Blonde” but doesn't hit that level of greatness.…
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