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 | violence | leather dress | femme fatale | dirty bomb | 

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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 Facebook Official site

Country:

USA France Serbia

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 USA:

$12,242,218, 23 February 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$30,697,999, 15 May 2014

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$52,597,999

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, EuropaCorp, Aéroports de Paris

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 123 min (Extended Edition)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

3 Days to Kill (2014) is set in Paris, France. The movie's screenwriters, Adi Hasak and Luc Besson, both previously collaborated on writing From Paris with Love (2010) around four years earlier. 3 Days to Kill (2014) was their second screen-writing collaboration. Around forty-five production crew worked on both pictures.

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Goofs

(at around 20 mins) In the lawyers office, the lines, "I don't want Zooey to know, at least not right away," appear to be overdubbed.

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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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Alternate Versions

Unrated version has 5 minutes of additional footage.

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Connections

References Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Soundtracks

Persian Diva
Written by Kunik Ilan
Stye Songs to your Eyes
© Songs to your Eyes Publishing
With Courtesy of Com Events

User Reviews

One Of The Most Action Packed Movies Of Costner's Career

Continuing my plan to watch every movie in Kevin Costner's filmography in order I come to 2014's three days to kill.

Plot In A Paragraph: Ethan Renner (KC) an estranged father, with limited time to live, desperately tries to reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter before his death. Oh and he is a C.I.A. field agent, that is promised an experimental drug if he agrees to one last job.

3 Days To Kill was marketed as an action film like Taken. I guess, that is a fair description. But there is more to it than that!! It is also an melodrama mixed in with foreign intrigue, assassination plots, kidnappings, and murders. There is plenty going on. Maybe it would have been better in Luc Besson's directed his own script, as it seems uneven at times.

Ridiculously implausible, but that doesn't take away from its entertainment value at times. There is a silly sub-plot about a squatting family of immigrants who have taken shelter in KC's flat, but the distraction is minimal. The annoying daughters bratty attitude grows tiresome early on (I actually wanted several horrible fates to befall her) but she is worth protection by the ended the movie.

With the exception of 3000 Miles To Graceland, 3 Days To Kill is without doubt the most action packed/violent movie in KC's filmography.