A Common Man (2012)

A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.

Director:

Chandran Rutnam

Writers:

Neeraj Pandey (original screenplay), Chandran Rutnam

Stars:

Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross, Patrick Rutnam

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Kingsley	...	The Man
Ben Cross	...	DIG
Patrick Rutnam	...	IP Mohideen
Frederick-James Lobato	...	IP Ranjan
Numaya Siriwardena	...	Dilky
Jerome de Silva	...	SP Victor
Dushyanth Weeraman	...	Dilfer
Mohamed Adamaly	...	Chief Secretary
Kian O'Grady	...	Sergeant Bernard
Susan Zareena	...	Aisa
Lucky Wickremanayake	...	Chief Minister
Veena Jayakody	...	Vegetable Seller
Ashan Dias	...	Akthul Majood
Wilson Gunarathne	...	Prakash Kumar
Sando Harris	...	D. Gopinath

Storyline

A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA Sri Lanka

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2013 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Company Credits

Production Co:

Asia Digital Entertainment, Asia Digital Entertainment, Gemini Industries

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of A Wednesday (2008)

User Reviews

Ben Kingsley is more than A Common Man

Ben Kingsley is one of those actors that is always amazing but takes on such a wide variety of strange roles that sometimes he gets thrown into something that he just can't save. At the same time he has delivered so many brilliant performances that those few missteps can be ignored. Fresh of the triumph of his awesome performance in Iron Man 3 comes his latest film A Common Man alongside Ben Cross. Will this be another great performance to add to his impressive resume or be lost in struggling film?

A Common Man follows a terrorist who plants several bombs around the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released. This is one of those movies that initially looks fairly low budget and could have easily fallen into obscurity if not for the star power of Ben Kingsley. The film opens leaving little mystery to what is happening and what Kingsley's character is up to or so you think. Thanks to some clever writing and another great performance by Kingsley this film takes an interesting and unexpected turn to create a film that is much better than it would have been. On the flip side most of those around the rest of the film deliver OK performances with Ben Cross seemingly just walking through his performance and offering nothing all that much the character or the film. This film plays as more of a thriller as opposed to an action film and leads you down a path that has been touched on numerous times, but quickly makes a U-turn into a completely different direction.

This is an intriguing film that manages to create a story that is sure to keep you invested until the very end. As mentioned before while most of the performances do nothing to really suck you in, its Kingsley's performance that carries this movie. This isn't a perfect movie by any means, but does offer some interesting twists and turns that make this film worth checking out.