A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca
Written by:
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Don MacPherson
Pete Travis
Directed by:
Pierre Morel
Release Date:
February 16, 2015
Original Title:
The Gunman
Alternate Titles:
A cél
Gunman: El objetivo
Le tireur
O Franco Atirador
The Gunman
Ганмен
Ґанмен
卧底枪手
Genres:
Action | Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Anton Capital Entertainment
Canal+
ICEC
Nostromo Pictures
Prone Gunman
Prone Gunman A.I.E.
Silver Pictures
StudioCanal
TF1 Films Production
Production Countries:
France | Spain | United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 16 BR: 16 CA: 14A DE: 16 FR: 12 GB: 15 GR: 15 HU: 16 IE: 15 IT: T JP: PG12 LT: N-16 NL: 16 NO: 15 NZ: 16 RU: 18+ SE: 15 US: R
Runtime: 115
Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.
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 incapacitated by a type of accumulated and evolving physical brain damage caused by the hard knocks of his occupation. Unexpectedly, given the time that has elapsed, his reconnection to his old assassination team exposes additional intrigues with immediate deadly consequences. All of his years spent in hiding, have merely delayed the twisted end game that now enfolds.
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Internet Movie Database | 5.8/10 |
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Rotten Tomatoes | 15% |
Metacritic | 39/100 |
Awards Won: | 1 nomination total |
ADR Mixer:
Peter Gleaves
Aerial Director of Photography:
Adam Dale
Armorer:
Adam Goodall
Nick Jeffries
Art Department Coordinator:
Joan Sabaté
Art Direction:
Gemma Fauria
Marina Pozanco
Sylvia Steinbrecht
Christophe Dalberg
Associate Producer:
Stephen Bender
Ethan Erwin
Carmel Musgrove
Boom Operator:
Jorge Adrados
Casting:
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
Co-Producer:
Alex Heineman
Adam Kuhn
Ray Kybartas
Costume Coordinator:
Nuria Pascual-Andújar
Costume Design:
Jill Taylor
Costume Supervisor:
Cristina Sopeña
Dialect Coach:
William Conacher
Dialogue Editor:
Davide Favargiotti
Director:
Pierre Morel
Director of Photography:
Flavio Martínez Labiano
Editor:
Frédéric Thoraval
Executive Producer:
Olivier Courson
Peter McAleese
Adrián Guerra
Steve Richard
Aaron Auch
Fight Choreographer:
Markos Rounthwaite
Steve McQuillan
First Assistant Camera:
Álvaro Fernández Puig
Jordi Florensa
Imanol Nabea
First Assistant Director:
Raymond Kirk
First Assistant Editor:
Emanuele Giraldo
Andrew Walton
Foley Artist:
Andrea King
Jack Stew
Foley Editor:
Hugo Adams
Gaffer:
José Luis Rodríguez
Hair Designer:
Graham Johnston
Hairstylist:
Paul Job
Bret Mayo
Manolo García
Key Costumer:
Eva Salas
Key Grip:
Salva Castellarnau
Javier González Leonardo
Line Producer:
Sally French
Location Manager:
Tim Maw
Makeup Artist:
Francesca Van Der Feyst
Ana Lozano
Caitlin Acheson
Vivienne Simpson
Makeup Designer:
Graham Johnston
Modeling:
Justi Romero
Music Editor:
John Warhurst
Music Supervisor:
Bastide Donny
Novel:
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Orchestrator:
Matt Dunkley
Original Music Composer:
Marco Beltrami
Pilot:
Marc Wolff
Post Production Assistant:
Leopold Hughes
Producer:
Andrew Rona
Sean Penn
Ron Halpern
Production Coordinator:
Asia Jarzyna
Marta del Río
Production Design:
Andrew Laws
Production Sound Mixer:
Colin Nicolson
Property Master:
Dave Fisher
Héctor Gil
Screenplay:
Don MacPherson
Sean Penn
Pete Travis
Script Supervisor:
Morag Cameron
Set Costumer:
Inge Hough
Anna Izquierdo
Set Decoration:
Anneke Botha
Set Designer:
Florian Müller
Sound Designer:
Paul Carter
Sound Editor:
Frédéric Dubois
Sound Effects Designer:
Rob Prynne
Sound Recordist:
Biel Cabré
Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Nathaniel De'Lineadeus
Chris Lyons
Special Effects Supervisor:
Pau Costa
Still Photographer:
Keith Bernstein
Joe Alblas
Stunt Coordinator:
Jordi Casares
Glenn Foster
Stunt Double:
Antonio Arnalte
Levan Doran
Zarene Dallas
Supervising Art Director:
Stuart Kearns
Supervising Dialogue Editor:
Michael Maroussas
Title Designer:
Nic Benns
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Mehul Jhaveri
Vinay Karunakar
Shreyas Dorwat
Kevin Sheldon Saldanha
Mohak Sharma
Devika Kawle
Visual Effects Editor:
Andy Hague
Visual Effects Producer:
Rachel Wheeler
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Stuart Lashley
Jon Thum
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