Everly (2014)

An action/thriller centered on a kidnapped woman who faces down hitmen sent by a mob boss/her captor while trying to protect her family from his wrath.

Director:

Joe Lynch

Writers:

Yale Hannon (screenplay by), Joe Lynch (story by)

Stars:

Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Salma Hayek	...	Everly
Hiroyuki Watanabe	...	Taiko
Laura Cepeda	...	Edith
Togo Igawa	...	The Sadist
Akie Kotabe	...	Dead Man
Gabriella Wright	...	Anna
Caroline Chikezie	...	Zelda
Jennifer Blanc-Biehn	...	Dena (as Jennifer Blanc)
Jelena Gavrilovic	...	Elyse
Aisha Ayamah	...	Maisey
Masashi Fujimoto	...	The Masochist
Uros Certic	...	Doorman #1
Damijan Oklopdzic	...	Doorman #2
Dragana Atlija	...	Lizzy (as Dragana Atlua)
James Owen	...	Sgt. Dick

Storyline

Held against her will for years by a sadistic Yakuza boss, the seductively dangerous Everly finally gets a chance to break free from slavery. Armed with an almost inexhaustible arsenal of destructive weaponry and a rabid will to survive, the wronged woman can now turn the tables on her evil tormentors, as a lucrative open contact on Everly's head attracts an endless wave of cutthroats. However, with the lives of her estranged mother and her little daughter under threat, only a miracle can get Everly out of a tight spot. Can she single-handedly ward off a merciless onslaught of assassins to save her family?

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Plot Keywords:

yakuza | female in a shower | female protagonist | man fights a woman | japanese mafia | 

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Taglines:

Enter if you dare

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, torture, nudity, sexual images and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Spanish

Release Date:

23 January 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Everly

Filming Locations:

Pink's Studios, Simanovci, Belgrade, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

RADiUS-TWC, Vega, Baby!, Crime Scene Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The entire movie was shot in sequential order.

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Goofs

Everly is clearly shot in her side while wearing a white nightie. However, in scenes afterwards, it is noticeable that there is no entrance hole nor an exit hole in the garment. Only blood can be seen where she had been shot.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Everly: [retrieves a phone from the toilet tank and dials]
Man's Voice: [getting voice message] This is Detective Robertson. Leave a message after the beep.
[beep]
Everly: [whispering] He knows. He knows.
Man: [jarring the door partly open] What's going on in there?
Everly: [dials another number]
Woman's Voice: Hello. It's Edith...
Girl's Voice: And Maisey.
Woman's Voice: We are not home right now. Leave a message after the beep.
[...]

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Connections

References Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

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Soundtracks

Fighting to Survive
(uncredited)

User Reviews

A Perfectly Sadistic Christmas Movie for Your Collection

This is officially the most sadistic Christmas movie I've ever seen. ...So far. I mean, I haven't seen Black Christmas yet. So maybe that'll change once I see those movies.

My dad likes to ask me sometimes regarding action movies: "Is there a purpose to all this?" There IS no purpose. The whole movie is one big, fat excuse to slam a bunch of crazy action scenes at you. As an exercise in brutal violence, it succeeds. It's got style, and it's even got some genuinely funny moments of black humour to go along with it. The movie's premise is absolutely ridiculous and stupid, and laughably insane, but it plows through it with an almost completely straight face. In that respect, the movie is a deadpan masterpiece.

Anyway. Salma Hayek's acting, along with Joe Lynch's neat direction, are both too good for this type of movie. This is a modern-day exploitation film at its most blatant. This is Die Hard with Salma Hayek and the Yakuza. It's limited to one floor of an apartment building as a setting, and it's set during Christmas, and the main character is trapped in one room. Only unlike Die Hard, this movie has some truly cruel material to make you squirm in it. I mean wow.

Despite its flaws (and it has a lot of them) it was an entertaining movie. It's shallow, it's not all too smart, and for people with weak stomachs, it's pretty much unwatchable. Its low-budgetness isn't all that obvious unless you REALLY look for it, and most of its effects are refreshingly practical. It's nice to see blood squibs in action movies this day and age, instead of the regular old CGI clouds we're stuck with eighty (or ninety?) percent of the time. Salma Hayek hasn't been this good since Desperado, and that was freaking 1995.

I recommend any action fans to seek it out--unless, of course, you like some brains to go with your bullets, and/or you're not too keen on seeing the effects of swallowing battery acid. The rest of you should have a good time. Good times all around.