The Gunman
(2015)
Overview
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
Director
Pierre Morel
Writers
Don MacPherson, Sean Penn, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Pete Travis
Top Billed
Sean Penn
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Reviews
Reno
⭐ 7/10September 29, 2016
**When an assassin becomes a target!**
It was not bad, but the same old stuff that we'd seen in so many other films. It was actually based on the book and directed by the 'Taken' filmmaker. An international project, takes place in three different countries, but opens and ends in Congo. It centres on an assassin who had successfully executed a high-profile job in Africa. But a few years later, after giving up those kind of work, all the sudden …
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 5/10November 19, 2022
Sean Penn really should have thought twice before engaging with this derivative and procedural drama. He is sharp-shooter "Terrier" whose accuracy put paid to the Congolese Minister for Mines and sets in train a remarkably lacklustre thriller that sees Interpol and corporate greed now out to get him. Pierre Morel has assembled a surprisingly notable cast here with Javier Bardem probably the best of the bunch as the duplicitous "Felix"; Idris Elba… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$40,000,000
Revenue
$13,644,292