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| Sean Penn | ... | Terrier | |
| Jasmine Trinca | ... | Annie | |
| Javier Bardem | ... | Felix | |
| Ray Winstone | ... | Stanley | |
| Mark Rylance | ... | Terrance Cox | |
| Idris Elba | ... | Barnes | |
| Peter Franzén | ... | Reiniger (as Peter Franzen) | |
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Mark Billingham | ... | Reed (as Sir Billy Billingham) |
| Daniel Adegboyega | ... | Bryson | |
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Ade Oyefeso | ... | Eugene |
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Alejandro Talavante | ... | Bullfighter |
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Florian Barisey | ... | Village Boy |
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Ismael Tunkara | ... | Village Boy |
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Amara Tunkara | ... | Village Boy |
| Rachel Lascar | ... | Camille | |
A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, working for an unknown client, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's (Sean Penn's) successful kill shot forces him to go into hiding to protect himself and the members of the team from retribution. This includes abruptly abandoning his girlfriend who has no idea what is going on. The assassination, paid for by a foreign mining company, triggers wide spread chaos and death in an already inflamed Congo. Terrier returns to the Congo years later working for an NGO, but eventually finds himself to be the target of a paid hit squad somehow connected to the ministers assassination. This leads to immediate deaths and the endangerment of the people working around him, and forces him back into hiding. In trying to discover who has put a price on his head, he begins to reconnect to the members of his old assassination team, including his old girlfriend. Always aware there is no path to redemption for his crimes, he is also periodically ... Written by RSailor
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I don't think I ever saw Sean Penn do an action movie.
Not sure if he's at that point in his career were he does not care or he just feels he can't be a well diverse actor without having this on his resume.
Either way he does a good performance as one, and was impressively built but not overdone for the role.
The movie does go over some political satire with his character playing a Metaphor of the guilt we all should all feel about our own involvement in what's going on in the Congo.
Guess he felt this will be a better way to spread his word to the masses. Penn was wrong about that. I got very little from this flick.
Although the movie is mostly laid with espionage and sprinkled with action, neither elements got my pulse pounding.
Javier Barton is good in this movie. He's a great actor and it's fun to see him on the big screen as Penn's rival for the affections of a woman.
But if you are fans of Idris Elba, like I am, don't let his top billing fool you. He's barely in it, and his role does nothing to help the film.
I like the film but I snoozed though it. Penn brought nothing new to the genre and I was hoping he would but he did not.
Catch on DVD.