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3 Days to Kill (2014)

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A dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment.

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Dying of brain cancer, a dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter, whom he's previously kept at arm's length to keep out of danger; but first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunt down the world's most ruthless terrorist and look after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife is out of town. Written by Relativity Media

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Husband. Father. Agent. Assassin. He's buying his life back one kill at a time. See more »

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Action | Drama | Thriller

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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language | See all certifications »

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21 February 2014 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

3 días para matar  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,242,218 (USA) (21 February 2014)

Gross:

$30,688,364 (USA) (9 May 2014)
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Trivia

When Ethan (Kevin Costner) enters a tattoo parlor one can see the nude back of a girl with a very mexican Lady of Guadalupe/Holy Death tattoo. This mistery girl is also seen tattooing Mr. Jang (Min-sik Choi) in the movie Lucy. Both films were written by Luc Besson. The tattoed model is uncredited in both films. See more »

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When Mitat first meets Ethan, he addresses him in English, not French. See more »

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[first lines]
CIA Employee: Mr. Director, this is Agent Vivien Delay.
CIA Employee: For the last ten years the Central Intelligence Agency has been after Wolfgang Braun.
Vivi Delay: The Wolf.
CIA Employee: As you know, we have no positive identification of what the Wolf looks like. What we do know is he's a former German national who sells atomic material to terrorists all over the world.
CIA Employee: Intelligence confirms that a transaction is to take place next week in Belgrade.
CIA Employee: [throws down pictures] The Wolf's number one man, the Albino, will be selling a ...
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References Little Miss Sunshine (2006) See more »

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A film lost in itself
10 May 2014 | by (Australia) – See all my reviews

I'm not quite sure what this movie set out to be - a serious CIA thriller, another Bourne/Reacher/Ryan attempt to achieve what James Bond achieved and spawn a remarkable franchise, or a slapstick comedy that didn't take itself too seriously, but enjoyed the thrill of action and explosions in the manner that films such as Die Hard, Mr and Mrs Smith or by Mcg himself, This Means War did. But whatever it's intention was, it failed.

Starting off as a set up to what could be a serious albeit cliqued film

  • the journeyman agent, the one evil genius still at large, that one


last job before calling it a day - the film quickly loses itself in a way that it never quite recovers from. With a wooden performance by Amber Heard, and scenes and dialogue that belong in a Robert Rodriguez film, 3 Days to Kill never lives up to the potential of what it could've been. Not quite action, not quite spy thriller, not quite comedy, and so many botched attempts at sentimentality that it becomes almost soap operaish in it's execution.

A solid performance by Kevin Costner, who's gone along the lines of Liam Neeson in perfecting the senior bad ass role, but even Costner wasn't enough to give this film plausability. I've watched it once, I couldn't see myself enduring it again.


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