Ashby (2015)

High-school student Ed Wallis enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby, a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months left to live.

Director:

Tony McNamara

Writer:

Tony McNamara

Stars:

Mickey Rourke, Nat Wolff, Emma Roberts

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mickey Rourke	...	Ashby Holt
Nat Wolff	...	Ed Wallis
Emma Roberts	...	Eloise
Sarah Silverman	...	June Wallis
Kevin Dunn	...	Coach Bruton
Zachary Knighton	...	Father Ted
Michael Lerner	...	Entwistle
John Enos III	...	Coach Wally
Steve Coulter	...	Peter Black
Tom Nowicki	...	Kenrick
Adam Aalderks	...	Valchek
Seth Dousman	...	Smits
Jason Davis	...	Mr. Mark
Max Lesser	...	Doctor
Jodonna Gaines	...	Nurse

Storyline

ASHBY is a coming of age/approaching death comedy drama. A seventeen-year-old kid (Ed) trying to understand who he wants to be in the world, befriends a terminally ill ex-CIA contract killer (Ashby) who is trying to make peace with his life and God before he goes. 'Making peace' might just entail killing three old bosses who have tricked him into breaching his strange moral code.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | former assassin | teenage angst | chauffeur | oldsmobile cutlass | 

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Taglines:

Life is about knowing how to take a hit

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual material and violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

When asked, Ashby says that he has killed 93 people. This is the same number of confirmed kills recorded for USMC sniper GySgt. Carlos Hathcock.

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Goofs

The MRI machine in Eloise's home would have pulled the bicycle and other nearby ferromagnetic metal items towards it's extremely powerful magnet in a dangerous fashion at the moment it was turned on. Even non-ferromagnetic metals can interact with an MRI ( such as her earrings) in such a way that the MRI image produced would likely be distorted.

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Quotes

Mr. Mark: Don't get hit too hard on that head of yours, your brain's showing occasional signs of thought.

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Soundtracks

Where I'm Goin'
Written by Alex Wolff
Performed by Nat Wolff & Alex Wolff
Courtesy of Saddleup Records

User Reviews

People can change, but for some it is too late!

It's a wonderful cast and not a bad production either, so I enjoyed the watch, but did not like the film much. The reason is I had seen a few similar flicks which are much better than this in every way. A school kid and his single parents' struggling relationship and their strange neighbour, so it is the concept I'm familiar with, but the story was a bit different. There are a few good scenes in it, but the most of the parts were dominated by the only the nice events like happily ever after kind of stuffs right from the beginning.

The title role was played by Mickey Rourke, but it was Nat Wolff's film. The narration should have been much better, I mean it should have had more complicated segments. I even don't know how it got the R rating. The writing and the direction, both should have been a bit bolder. There are some people who liked it a lot and defending it, but I'm neutral. To me it was 50-50, I neither liked nor disliked. But all I wanted was a bit better than this, so I can't judge it for other. I hope you make a right decision on this if you plan to watch it.

5/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ashby

Filming Locations:

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,631, 27 September 2015

Gross USA:

$4,631

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$122,919

Company Credits

Production Co:

Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Langley Park Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1