MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Up 25 this week

The Courier (2012)

4.4
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 4.4/10 from 2,666 users  
Reviews: 23 user | 16 critic

A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.

Director:

0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 136 titles created 10 Oct 2011
 
a list of 2880 titles created 28 Aug 2011
 
a list of 58 titles created 9 months ago
 
a list of 653 titles created 5 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: The Courier (2012)

The Courier (2012) on IMDb 4.4/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of The Courier.
Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Safe I (2012)
Action | Crime | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail.

Director: Boaz Yakin
Stars: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke
Savages (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.

Director: Oliver Stone
Stars: Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  

Victor is new to Montreal and attempts to make friends with the wheelchair-bound Spencer and the cat-loving Louise, but everybody is on edge with a serial killer terrorizing the neighborhood.

Director: Jacob Tierney
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Diane D'Aquila
Crime | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4/10 X  

Mob Boss is used to getting whatever he wants; he runs Southend, gets all the best women including the gorgeous, sought after Porsche The Sherbet Lemon and has one million pounds in dirty ... See full summary »

Director: David L.G. Hughes
Stars: Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower
Once Fallen (2010)
Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.7/10 X  

The hardest part about moving on is saying goodbye.

Director: Ash Adams
Stars: Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris
Crime | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.3/10 X  

In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film ... See full summary »

Director: Sacha Bennett
Stars: Vincent Regan, Kierston Wareing, Terry Stone
Crime | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.1/10 X  

When a greedy Las Vegas casino owner threatens to lay off and take away pensions from his low-end staff of janitors, florists, and repairmen, they are forced to take matters into their own hands to even the odds.

Director: Francisco Menéndez
Stars: Eric Roberts, Ethan Landry, Anabella Casanova
Crime | Drama
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 30ties of the 20th century. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.

Director: André van Duren
Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Sylvia Hoeks, Benja Bruijning
Mafia (2011)
Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.8/10 X  
Director: Ryan Combs
Stars: Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, Sean Derry
Sket I (2011)
Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.3/10 X  

When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it... See full summary »

Director: Nirpal Bhogal
Stars: Melissa Ricci, Lily Loveless, Ashley Walters
Crime | Drama | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

The story of a cab driver in Yanji City, a region between North Korea, China and Russia. His wife goes to Korea to earn money, but he doesn't hear from her since in 6 months. He plays ... See full summary »

Director: Hong-jin Na
Stars: Jung-woo Ha, Yun-seok Kim, Seong-Ha Cho
The Lookout (2012)
Crime
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.5/10 X  

A detective hunts for the marksman who foiled the plan to catch a notorious team of bank robbers.

Director: Michele Placido
Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Kassovitz, Olivier Gourmet
Edit

Cast

Credited cast:
...
Maxwell
...
The Courier
...
Mrs. Capo
...
Lispy
...
Mr. Capo
...
Stitch
...
Deidre
...
San Fran Tana
...
Boo
...
Shadow Man
...
Anna
...
Jack Straw
...
Young Maxwell
...
Woman on Plank
...
Kidnapper
Edit

Storyline

A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.

Add Full Plot | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

He Delivers

Genres:

Crime | Action | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence including some torture, and language | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

17 May 2012 (Kuwait)  »

Also Known As:

A futár  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$15,500,000 (estimated)
 »

Company Credits

Production Co:

 »
Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Adrien Brody was originally cast, but dropped out. See more »

Goofs

When the Courier wakes up in the morning, his wrist watch is near the clock alarm. In the next shot it has disappeared. See more »

Quotes

Mrs. Capo: Now did you know that up until the 2nd century, torture was used primarily on slaves? See, they believed that the slave could only tell the truth if it was extracted from them. But over time, torture evolved to include everybody. It became a means for the good to purge the earth of evil.
Mr. Capo: My wife's a bit of a romantic, but I'm more practical. Wouldn't you say? The way I see it, the gateway to understanding is through pain. And we are that gateway.
See more »

Connections

Referenced in Sons of Guns: Movie Gun/Leopard Gun (2011) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
I liked it. And it doesn't have Tom Cruise.
24 March 2012 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

OK this film isn't bad.

The first reason why it's disappointing it's because - just like Black Death (2010) - it tries to "keep it real" way too much .. films need escapism, to a point, and here it almost seems that they decided to go full speed for the not-Hollywood look.

Now i'm not one to defend Hollywood, but what kills this film is that the direction is poor; it fails to capitalise on the realism, instead giving me a film that looks like an amateur production. Some of the shots are truly amateurish, and often the camera-work fails to make a scene interesting.

Having said that, The Courier isn't half bad, there are plenty things i liked in it, from the fight moves to the casting (the lead is a bit wooden, the girl fits the part OK~ish, the detective is perfect), and the whole production is pretty decent.

I also don't subscribe to the whole "it's full of cliché'" thing; if anything, it tries to avoid clichés in a film genre where everything has already been done.

All in all, i can say that it's an interesting film to watch, even though i get the feeling the director has a background in TV - seriously, you (whomever you are) truly murdered what could have been an interesting flick.

So, after all considerations, i give The Courier a decent 6/10 - better than MI3, and no Tom Cruise.


33 of 60 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Did they SERIOUSLY... phillycheesesteaks-1
Not that Bad. costantinoe
hang on! mamba_27
Evil sivle vonluthje
Will it be released in theaters? GunHillTrain
Why the 18 certificate? sea_goat
Discuss The Courier (2012) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?