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  Review by matt lynch ★★★½

  Ethan Hawke's DTV JOHN WICK.

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  Review by Noah Thompson ★★

  I don't want to kill you. I want the fish to like me.

  This film's been on my watchlist for awhile. After being disappointed with Kate, I figured it would be a good time to finally check this out. Turns out, 24 Hours to Live is even more mediocre to the point of just being outright bad to me. I was reminded of Extraction, a movie I have had absolutely no reason to think about otherwise since its initial release. That and this film share the same DNA where it has a notable actor in the lead role and decent action, and then it thinks that's going to be enough for it to coast by. That's not the case. At…

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  Review by Arf Ortiyef ★★½

  of all the action movies i've ever seen, this was one of them.

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  Review by Allison M. 🌱 ★★★ 1

  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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  Review by Waldo ★★★★ 4

  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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  Review by Justin Decloux ★★★½

  After getting shot down on a mission, Ethan Hawke is brought back to life and given only... 24 HOURS TO LIVE!

  When this came out, I saw folks label this as a weak-sauce attempt at JOHN WICK, but that was probably because they were disappointed it had very little in common with WICK beyond a 90s heartthrob turned grizzled character actor in the lead. I was impressed at how clever they showed Ethan Hawke's assassin to be as a planner, before flipping the script and turning him into an exhausted hallucinating mess. Stunt-coordinator/Director Brian Smrz only gets to stage gunfights/car chases, but they're cleanly presented and a head above most DTV shlock - even if a few more of them would have helped this immensely.

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  Review by Brian Tallerico ★½ 1

  aka Ethan Owed Someone a Favor

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  Review by DreamScape40 ★★★½

  Knew this looked familiar.
  Been awhile I guess.

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  Review by Matthew Jeanes ★★½

  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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  Review by More_Badass ★★★ 1

  Ethan Hawke’s not-Crank not-John Wick isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel; it just wants to deliver a sturdy comfortable wheel. And 24 Hours To Live does so with rock-solid well-staged action, reinforced by a game Hawke, a top-notch support cast, and a dash of sci-fi. An unassuming DTV gem from stunt-coordinator-turned-director Brian Smrz that is honestly better than anyone would expect.

  As cliched as the whole set-up and literally every character are, the script is given time to breathe, doesn’t rush the action when it can let Hawke inject some gravitas. Smrz’s background is immediately apparent in the frenetic clarity of the action, the “I know how to make people look cool” aspect of the character beats and practical stunts. Was more satisfied by this than I anticipated!

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  Review by Krautsalat ★★★½ 1

  Action x52 2020: Film #49
  A woovember film

  They call him "Travis the Cat" because he has nine lives, he always lands on his feet and he licks his own balls.

  John Wick for cat people.

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  Review by Voltron 2005 ★★

  This flick had good action scenes, fast paced but the plot is too complicated for no good reason. They should have kept it simple and everything would have been so much better. Worth watching on a rainy day.