Final Score (2018)

After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.

Director:

Scott Mann

Writers:

David T. Lynch (screenplay by) (as The Brothers Lynch), Keith Lynch (screenplay by) (as The Brothers Lynch)

Stars:

Dave Bautista, Pierce Brosnan, Ray Stevenson

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dave Bautista	...	Michael Knox
Pierce Brosnan	...	Dimitri
Ray Stevenson	...	Arkady Belav
Martyn Ford	...	Vlad
Aaron McCusker	...	Captain Reynolds
Ralph Brown	...	Daniel Steed
Lucy Gaskell	...	Rachel Holloway
Rian Gordon	...	Brandon
Amit Shah	...	Faisal
Craig Conway	...	Viktor
Lara Peake	...	Danni Holloway
Victoria Broom	...	Selfie Girl
Lee Charles	...	Andrei
Gordon Alexander	...	Emil
Bruce Locke	...	Agent Cho (voice)

Storyline

After deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to grand theft auto video game series | fistfight | fight | brawl | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

35,000 fans. 35,000 hostages.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dave Bautista character is named Mike Knox, such was the ring name of a former WWE wrestler who used to work with Batista.

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Goofs

Michael Knox is said to have been in the US Army but carries all the badges and insignia for the US Navy SEAL's.

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Quotes

Michael Knox: I find it hard trusting someone who brings C-4 to a fucking soccer game.
Arkady Belav: I thought Americans hated soccer.
Michael Knox: Yeah, I've been saying that all fucking day.

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Alternate Versions

Prior to an official viewing by the UK's rating board, the BBFC, the filmmakers submitted a rough cut of the film to them. They informed the company that the film would likely receive an '18' certificate for two moments of sadistic violence, showing a man being stabbed in the groin and another's head forced into a deep fat fryer. The film was formally classified '15' after reductions were made to these scenes.

User Reviews

Better than you'd assume. Slight Imperfections.

As a Briton, after seeing the trailer for this, I thought it'd be brilliant to see a bunch of football fans blown up. So I watched it the day it was released. I'm also a Drax fan, played by Dave Bautista, who also headlines this movie as a humble-but-hard ex-Army soldier visiting the UK to see his niece and sister-in-law. His brother died in action. The movie is reminiscent of Die Hard, and also Sudden Impact, of course, which it was clearly inspired by (to his credit, and no surprise, Dave Bautista is as enjoyable a lead as prime-era JCVD). I liked his sidekick, a wimpy Brixton-born Arab, who at the beginning of the film an old woman assumes is a terrorist (there is a great 2-in-a-row pay-off to this scene near the end of the film). In the last 10 mins, the story has a few implausible beats (mostly after the end result of the terrorist's actions), I think the screenwriters had written the main action of the film, and resorted to 'the numbers' in wrapping up, but I liked it, it was better than you'd expect. There is a bike chase sequence where I would've chosen subtly different shots, but the Director is quite good overall. Also, for Brits, look out for the Irish-accented supporting role by a star of the British "Shameless"! For Americans, for Brits, for soccer fans world-wide, watch this film. It's pretty great overall, given it's modest budget of $20 million - they got a lot for their money. May Dave Bautista do more British productions...

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Final Score

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,472,770

Company Credits

Production Co:

Signature Films, Drybake Producitons, Highland Film Group (HFG)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1