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 - Die Waffen einer Frau

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

Kate Hudson was attached to the project for a long time, but after the movie was stuck in development, she dropped out and Salma Hayek later got the job.

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Goofs

Everly uses a heavy firearm to kill several people, and the huge bullet impacts send their bodies flying backwards - but she's never sent flying backwards by the gun's even greater recoil (compared to bullets it's not cushioned by air resistance).

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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 The One (2001)

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Soundtracks

Dead Man
(uncredited)

User Reviews

Stupid

The only reason for the 3/10 rating is for Salma Hayek's body; otherwise it would be a zero. I guess that Selma needed a quick payday and wished to visit Belgrade. Here she is Everly, evidently some mob boss's slave girlfriend. She is trapped in an opulent apartment and a series of men and women enter and attempt to kill her. Somehow even a SWAT team with laser sights are unable to do so. A Japanese man appears along the way and proceeds to torture Every just for his amusement. Her mom and little girl show up and the killings and general mayhem continue. This is bad comic book material; a sort of low grade "Kill Bill" without Tarantino's brilliant dialogue. Do not waste your time on this garbage.