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Free Fire

2016 Directed by Ben Wheatley

All guns. No control.

A crime drama set in 1970s Boston, about a gun sale which goes wrong.

Brie Larson Sharlto Copley Armie Hammer Cillian Murphy Jack Reynor Sam Riley Michael Smiley Noah Taylor Babou Ceesay Enzo Cilenti Patrick Bergin Tom Davis Mark Monero Sara Dee

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Language

English

action crime comedy thriller mystery

90 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 15

absolute insanity. A real-time pistol opera about how men are too stupid to have guns. it's so surefooted and confident with its comedy that even Sharlto Copley is great in it. SHARLTO FUCKING COPLEY!! so wild and well-configured that it sustains its wisp of a premise for the full 90 minutes, only dipping into a few short lulls between all the mayhem. for a movie so juvenile and over the top there's something strangely reassuring about it... that people are still making movies like this, that other people are still paying them to.
Review by ellie ★★½ 1

if brie larson shot me i'd apologize for getting in the way of her bullets
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ 25

It took me a little while to completely digest Ben Wheatley's Free Fire. I felt something was off. I couldn't figure out what it was. Then, it hit me like a bullet. It's the action. I could replay scene after scene in my head. I knew what was going on. It should be total chaos. That's what I'm used to seeing in crazy action movies. If you have an hour + long gunfight, there should be disorganization. Bullet fly. People die. That's what we are trained to expect. Yes, the bullets fly. Yes, people die. But, it's done in a Ben Wheatley special kind of way. A lot of credit should be given to his script writing partner wife, Amy…
Review by Lucy ★★★★ 6

almost as unraveling and incoherent as high rise, only more compressed and much more satisfying. does for guns what mad max fury road did for cars

and A24 + brie larson remain maybe my new favorite cinematic collaboration
Review by brat pitt ★★★ 9

one step closer to the all-female reservoir dogs reboot we deserve
Review by matt lynch ★½ 11

An 84 minute shootout without an iota of coherent geography or even the vaguest indication of who's shooting and what and why. Wheatley's a flashy mimic with absolutely no agenda, and it's saying something to call this his most vapid work yet.

Recent reviews

Review by lauryn ★★★★

i really trusted brie until the last 3 minutes
Review by blixasinister ★★½

One thing I noticed is I immediately detested all the characters. A fairly cut and dry transaction is marred by everyone hurling insults at one another for no reason making every exchange turn things even more uncomfortable.

Once the bullets started to fly I realized, shit, this whole movie is going to be in one setting. Thanks to characters, who are incapable of shooting with any accuracy, I had to watch these fools writhe around and crawl on the ground for an hour hurling insults and unloading endless bullets. Where are they keeping all these bullets and clips on their bodies? I feel bogged down just carrying a couple dollars in change in my pocket.

There are a lot of…
Review by mugas ★★★½

Vernon worrying about infections in the middle of a shootout is a big mood
Review by Dalila ★★★½

A good action movie with some humor. I can stare at Cillian Murphy and Armie Hammer’s beautiful faces all day long.
Review by Issac ★★★★

The part when Armie Hammer looked straight into the camera and said "its like we're in some sort of Free Fire". Classic
Review by marina ★★★

this is the DUMBEST thing i've ever watched i LOVE it
Review by DeanMFJones ★★

Though it boasts a number of names that might catch your eye and the apparent blessing of the legendary Martin Scorsese, Free Fire doesn't do anything to subvert expectations. It's a prolonged shootout movie and nothing more. While there's a touch of creativity in that design, there isn't enough story or character to make you enjoy the ride, even if it's a short one. Full review on DVDizzy.
Review by Jamie Vann Struth

Walk/out. Had to stop when Brie Larson and the bearded guy were shooting at each other from close range and it was played for comedy.
Review by Lance Thompson ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I really wish Armie would’ve survived...