The Courier (2012) 4.3
A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman. Director:Hany Abu-Assad |
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The Courier (2012) 4.3
A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman. Director:Hany Abu-Assad |
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| Mickey Rourke | ... |
Maxwell
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| Jeffrey Dean Morgan | ... |
The Courier
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| Lili Taylor | ... |
Mrs. Capo
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| Miguel Ferrer | ... |
Mr. Capo
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| Til Schweiger | ... |
Lispy
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| Andrea Frankle | ... |
Deidre
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| Tom Proctor | ... |
Torture Man
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| Mark Margolis | ... |
Stitch
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| David Jensen | ... |
San Fran Tana
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| Josie Ho | ... |
Anna
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| Mark Kubr | ... |
Shadow Man
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| Randal Reeder | ... |
Boo
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| Clyde Jones | ... |
Jack Straw
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| Dawn Himel | ... |
Reporter
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Elton LeBlanc | ... |
Tourist
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A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.
Never heard of this movie before? Well, keep it that way! There is absolutely nothing worth seeing about this movie, that is basically being just a very standard modern action flick, with a poor story but even worse storytelling.
Quite weird and surprising to learn that this movie got directed by Hany Abu-Assad, who definitely has class and skills in him and is mostly known for directing smaller type of movies, with a strong message in them. Most definitely not dumb action flicks such as this one!
I can see what kind of approach they were going for but they obviously failed with it. They tried to create a smaller and more realistic type of action movie but the story and its characters really aren't suited for that. I actually believe I might had liked this movie better, had it been done as a silly and over-the-top action-flick, in a more '80's type of style.
The movie has a very simple concept but it makes things needlessly difficult. Because of this you will start to loose interest in it all pretty fast and after a while you simply have no idea what is going on anymore, simply because you just don't care about anything that is happening. The storytelling really makes this a far from pleasant movie to follow. Just imaging a Chuck Norris flick, with all of its clichés, getting told as a serious movie. That should give you an idea of how this movie is like.
Those who are looking for a movie with plenty of action to enjoy will also end up feeling disappointed by this movie. This movie feels like such an extremely low-budget one and things don't get any more exciting than a couple of poorly filmed gunfights. Certainly nothing spectacular, surprising or exciting about this movie.
Just forget about it!
4/10
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