Survivor (2015)

A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York City, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

Director:

James McTeigue

Writer:

Philip Shelby

Stars:

Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paddy Wallace	...	Johnny Talbot
Parker Sawyers	...	Ray
Bashar Rahal	...	Militiaman #2
Royce Pierreson	...	Range Finder
Ben Starr	...	Sniper
Sean Teale	...	Alvin Murdock
Regé-Jean Page	...	Robert Purvell (as Rege-Jean Page)
Jing Lusi	...	Joyce Su
Antonia Thomas	...	Naomi Rosenbaum
Milla Jovovich	...	Kate Abbott
Dylan McDermott	...	Sam Parker
Frances de la Tour	...	Sally
Robert Forster	...	Bill Talbot
Jerry-Jane Pears	...	Nymphet (as Jerry Jane Pears)
Roger Rees	...	Emil Balan

Storyline

A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while she tries to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square.

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Plot Keywords:

short haired woman | thin woman | thin | shorthaired woman | woman with short hair | 

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Taglines:

From #1 Agent to #1 Target

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, some action and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Lionsgate UK Publicity Official Site

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Pushto Mandarin

Release Date:

29 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

A túlélő

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Millennium Films, Winkler Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

British independent watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin was asked to be a consultant for the scenes where Pierce Brosnan is at a workbench. Upon meeting, Brosnan was so impressed by Peter, that he purchased one of his watches, and subsequently, Speake-Marin asked Brosnan to become a brand ambassador, to which he agreed. Pierce Brosnan is possibly the most high-profile celebrity to become an ambassador for any independent watchmaker. Prior to his official role as ambassador, Pierce can be seen wearing a Speake-Marin "Piccadilly" wristwatch during filming, in candid photographs, post-production, and a pink gold model during his 2015 Super Bowl commercial for Kia. In the movie, the store, located at 29 Bruton Street, is labelled "PSM Bespoke Watchmakers", "PSM" is an abbreviation commonly used by Peter Speake-Marin. In 2017, he left the company to focus on an educational enterprise.

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Goofs

After the restaurant explosion, the men in charge of the investigation comment that they wouldn't be able to find any information from the security cameras as they were fried by the explosion. Anyone with minimal knowledge of how security camera works knows that there is no information to extract from the camera itself, since the footage is stored on a server's hard drive in a secure location. It seems the writers of this movie are technologically inept.

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Quotes

Nash: Fucking technology
[clutches his wound Kate gave him]
Nash: Bitch

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Crazy Credits

In the three-dimensional animated end credits, images form by flurries of random letters in the background, e.g. of Milla Jovovich's face, the Capitol and the US Foreign Service logo.

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Connections

Featured in The Making of 'Survivor' (2015)

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Soundtracks

Por Causa Do Amour (A)
Written by Ricardo Alves (GEMA)
Published by Sonoton APM (ASCAP) / Sonoton Music GmbH Co KG (GEMA)
Courtesy of APM

User Reviews

Take It For What It Is And You Might Enjoy It

I have to say that I feel that the reviews of this film have been a bit harsh. I've seen many movies that I've enjoyed a whole lot more and I've also seen many others that I've enjoyed a whole lot less. Perhaps our anticipation plays a big part in our assessment of a movie? Survivor has a simple plot and if taken as a simple action movie then it's an acceptable, if easily forgettable, piece of cinematic entertainment.

If you go to see this movie on the basis of its trailer or the 'starry' cast and expect a solid well-planned action movie you will be very disappointed: the scriptwriting and direction are not sub-par, they are downright abysmal and the plot can only aspire to be abysmal but I've enjoyed a lot of 'B' movies over the decades that suffered from the same issues.

Bottom Line? The movie should have been sold as a medium burger with a bit of dressing and not a six or eight course meal. Accept is as such and I don't think you'll come away feeling cheated.