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You've pretty much seen this before. This is a re-telling of paid killer, in the process of self-redemption, getting drug back into the ugly world he was leaving. This is not about twists and turns but the drama and story-telling of new characters in new settings acting out the same old story: Congo, Barcelona, London.
Penn plays it well as guy who wanted out and who lost his lover in the process (Jasmine Trinca) to his former co-killer, Javier Bardem. Only when Penn narrowly escaped assassination himself did he realize his deeds of eight years earlier were not forgotten. Welcome to the world of blurred lines between big business and humanitarian needs services.
This film is about technically perfect and has some nice names in it: Penn, Bardem, Rylance, and Winstone. The Spanish beauty, Ms Trinca, is alluring but, oddly, not 100% photogenic. An international cast, per se. Good action sequences and a little bull fighting. Still, dry and uninspiring.
In the credits was the statement: Barcelona is an anti-bullfighting city and none have been held there since 2011. I guess it's not Spain unless some bull becomes barbeque to us Amerikans.
Best seen with a red wine and DVD.
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re: Bardem.....I thought "No country for Old Men" was a sort of break-out movie for him. At least in North America. After that he started getting Hollywood A-list movie roles. And he continues to appear regularly in new movies.....but some of them are made in Europe and in his native country, Spain.I thought he rendered a very colorful Mexican drug runner in "The Counselor". But I disliked his Bond bad guy character in "Skyfall".
I'll probably wait for "The Gunman" to hit cable. Not because Bardem is in it. .....Sean Penn...... I've never been a fan of Penn's work. Although that work of his that I have seen (not very much) does seem rather dry. I'm not sure why Hollywood continues to give work to this actor. He lacks those qualities that cause a viewer to root for his character. A little too dry, perhaps. Not particularly likeable.
And after his appearance at the Oscars this year, I am less likely to go out of my way to see any of his films.
-Steve
Edits: 03/21/15
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