3 Days to Kill (2014)

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.

Director:

McG

Writers:

Adi Hasak (screenplay), Luc Besson (screenplay)

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Costner	...	Ethan Renner
Amber Heard	...	Vivi Delay
Hailee Steinfeld	...	Zooey Renner
Connie Nielsen	...	Christine Renner
Tómas Lemarquis	...	The Albino
Richard Sammel	...	The Wolf
Marc Andréoni	...	Mitat Yilmaz
Bruno Ricci	...	Guido
Jonas Bloquet	...	Hugh
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Jules
Joakhim Sigue	...	Abbate
Alison Valence	...	Sumia
Big John	...	Louis
Michaël Vander-Meiren	...	Jacques
Paolo Calia	...	JPG Salesman

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | leather dress | estranged wife | cia | cia agent | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sensuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA France

Language:

English French German Serbian

Release Date:

21 February 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

3 días para matar

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

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

Gross:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, Relativity Media, Wonderland Sound and Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 123 min (Extended Edition)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) is seen rescuing Zooey (Hailee Steinfeld) from a group of boys in the washroom then proceeds to carry her out of the nightclub. In The Bodyguard (1992), Costner's character rescues Whitney Houston from her fans on the stage and also ends up carrying her out of the nightclub.

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Goofs

As everyone rides up in the elevator to the party near the climax, the windsock for the microphone is completely visible within the group of actors.

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Quotes

[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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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Winter's Tale/3 Days to Kill/Pompeii (2014)

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Soundtracks

I Wanna Go
Written by Ogan, Brown, Carter and Sanchez

User Reviews

Excellent entertainment

People, movies are entertainment. They are about the willing suspension of disbelief.

Three days to kill is an excellent movie if you are not looking for something deadly serious. Do I believe there are CIA guys out there who kill a dozen people in a week, and leave that kind of mess? Hell no. This is more like a James Bond movie mixed with regular guy.

Sometimes we just want to get out of the house during a long winter and be taken away from all this. I think the movie was well worth the money, and I will buy either the DVD later, or Amazon Prime.

I am not a big Kevin Costner fan, but I think this is one of his best performances.