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3 Days to Kill
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2014
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1.5
The resultssometimes distasteful, never funnysuggest a schmaltzy family dramedy periodically interrupted by slipshod action scenes.
Av Club
1.5
The resultssometimes distasteful, never funnysuggest a schmaltzy family dramedy periodically interrupted by slipshod action scenes.
Av Club
3.0
Its a tired action vehicle for an equally exhausted looking star, one thats still big enough to save the film from VOD obscurity.
We Got This Covered
2.0
Five seconds: Thats the maximum length of any uninterrupted shot in McGs action thriller 3 Days to Kill.Call it filmmaking for the Adderall Generation ..
Austin Chronicle
2.0
Throwaway ultraviolence and sickly sentiment are chucked together again in the latest lump of flavourless gristle from writer producer Luc Bessons Eur ..
Time Out
1.5
Instead, smugness reigns, as if the filmmakers cant stop congratulating themselves for a tonal audacity thats neither well executed nor that bold. (
Screen Daily
3.0
The villains look like stock Cold War era villains handpicked from the 70s.
ETimes (TOI)
3.0
The villains look like stock Cold War era villains handpicked from the 70s.
ETimes (TOI)
3.0
But Costner rarely does no nonsense; Costner usually overloads.And so, 3 Days is sort of the anti Taken: a comic tragic sentimental genre hodgepodge t ..
Vulture
0.8
But the ideas here are lame, and the characterizations are all thin; especially egregious is Vivi, who comes off like some vapid idea of vamp cool fro ..
Paste Magazine
2.5
And hence making a messy, meandering and silly movie rather more watchable than it deserves to be.
Rogerebert
2.9
Its trying to be a melodramatic and occasionally cheesy father daughter (and estranged husband wife) tale, a Taken/Bourne style gritty action thriller ..
IGN
1.0
Releasing an action thriller in cinemas with the World Cup in full sail is the film business equivalent of a live burial, although this really does de ..
Telegraph
1.0
Renner has just been told that the little theatrical cough he has is brain cancer thats moved to his lungs.
Ny Daily News
2.0
Solid performances from its leads and respectable action sequences (which are not exactly plentiful here) provide the film with the kind of satisfacto ..
Screen Rant
2.5
To the degree that the film works, its because Costner plays the straight man.
The Globe And Mail
0.5
At one point in 3 Days to Kill Kevin Costner says, Ive done some terrible things. The movie proves it.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
Kevin Costner and the director McG are plunged into the madcap mayhem of Monsieur Luc Besson in 3 Days to Kill, a serio comic thriller about mortality ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.8
10 1 4 / 10 Luc Bessons EuropaCorp production company has been responsible for many of the mid range actioners that have hit screens over the last dec ..
Blu Ray
1.5
Couple this with the action cliche of the hero trying to balance job and family, and the inevitable result is Bessons latest screenplay, 3 Days to Kil ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
3 Days to Kill is simply indecisive of its purpose, and the result is tonal cacophony.
Mark Reviews Movies
1.9
Contrived and manic, Days cant decide whether its a thriller, comedy or feel good family film.
Usa Today
2.0
Summary A CIA agent learns he is dying, and decides to quit the agency so he can spend his last few months trying to rebuild his relationship with his ..
Radio Times
3.5
Remarkably, though, director McG manages this transition.The humor in this builds.
Screen It
2.0
The attempts at ironic humour fall very flat.The tourist eye view of Paris disconcerts given that this is ostensibly a hardboiled action movie.
Independent
1.5
But if numbskull dreck like this is exemplary of the kind of entertainment we get in return for that renewed adulation, Ill say no thanks.
The Wrap
3.5
But Besson knows how the genre works, and how to deliver what fans want.
Film Journal
1.0
Kevin Costner as a daughter loving CIA badass, with a script by Luc Besson and McG at the helm.Whats not to like
The Guardian
1.0
Dreary shoot outs, boring car chases, crap family bonding montages and unfunny comedic torture scenes (look, hes electrocuting the funny foreigners he ..
The Guardian
2.5
They dont always succeed, and neither does the movie as it bounces between high intensity action and daddy daughter humor and heart.
Az Central
2.5
Its just as ridiculous as it sounds and, thankfully, played mostly for laughs.
Smh
0.0
Its a lumpy agglomeration of henpecked dad sitcom humor, sado comedy and plastic explosive.
Star Tribune
2.2
The comeback really started, I think, in 2010, when he landed a key supporting role in the hard times economic drama The Company Men.
Ew
2.0
With a script co written by Luc Besson and a European setting, its no surprise that the publicity for the film has attempted to play up the similariti ..
Flim List
2.0
Costner does his best with yet another bashed out Besson script with a direct to video plot, but Neesons shoes prove surprisingly hard to fill.Got 2 h ..
Empire
2.5
So its not surprising that Besson co scripted this action thriller with Adi Hasak, leaving the direction to McG (Charlies Angels, Terminator Salvation ..
Susang Ranger
3.0
Overall, 3 Days to Kill is an appealingly simple popcorn movie that doesnt take itself too seriously.
Common Sense Media
3.1
3 Days to Kills most emotionally resonant scene is a simple montage of Ethan teaching Zooey how to ride a two wheeler.
Slant Magazine
2.0
However, this one fails to even rise to that level, for the action is too tired, the humour too forced, the relationship too cliched, an accompanying ..
The New Indian Express
1.9
As melodrama, 3 Days to Kill comes across as pat and saccharine.As a popcorn flick, its overly predictable.
Washington Post
1.5
By any reasonable standard, 3 Days to Kill is a terrible movie: incoherent, crudely brutal, dumbly retrograde in its geo and gender politics.But it is ..
The New York Times
1.0
The whole sorry film beggars belief with its idiotic, trigger happy plot, cartoon villains, heavy handed stabs at humour, lacklustre action sequences, ..
Express
2.2
Unfortunately, coherence isnt a strong suit of McG or screenwriters Besson and Adi Hassok, and instead of playing up Costners mans man of action the m ..
The Film Stage
1.8
The mix simply does not work as the viewer must move between action and smarmy comedy.
Reeling Reviews
3.5
3 Days to Kill movie rating: red light by MaryAnn Johanson If its meant to be a spy thriller, its not exciting.If its meant to be a comedy, its not fu ..
Flickfilosopher
3.2
3 Days to Kill might not be art, but its better than most of the overtly violent action fare that litters the multiplexes these days, thanks largely t ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Kevin Costner is Ethan Renner, a CIA agent ready to give up his life of globe trotting espionage to reconnect with his estranged wife (Connie Neilsen) ..
Total Film
1.9
How did 3 Days to Kill, which doesnt have the worst imaginable premise, turn out this bad
ReelViews
3.0
Its a good thing the film has him, because this comic spy thriller is such a preposterous mashup of action, humor and sentimentality that it desperate ..
Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Directed by McG, this is a schizophrenic movie that cant decide whether its a thriller or a comedy or a family drama.
Tony Medley
4.0
In this case, Heard is wielding the hardware.She is a CIA agent named Vivi being sent to Serbia to eliminate an international terrorist code named the ..
Los Angeles Times
1.5
As it is, the lukewarm family dynamics sit awkwardly alongside equally underwhelming action sequences.
Variety
1.9
But for what the movie promises relentless action and plenty of ogling opportunities McG delivers.
Reel Film
2.5
On second thought, its a family divorce drama.No, wait, its a comedy about wacky Americans in Paris.
The Star
2.5
But in the end, youll be left with a movie that you wish you could like more than you do.
Deseret News
3.0
In short: Its not a good movie, but it might be interpreted as a fun one.
Ner Dist
2.5
If they had cast a more commanding actor or rewrote the script a few more times to punch up the comedy, 3 Days to Kill could have been a memorable spi ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
Youll probably see the set up for the final showdown coming but its still played out with enough action to satisfy.
Maki At The Movies
2.5
(At least the former is played by real life albino Tomas Lemarquis of the very good Icelandic film Noi the Albino please someone cast him for somethin ..
La Weekly
3.1
Never finds the right balance between action, comedy and drama, but thanks to Costner it remains watchable.
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
Its not the comeback vehicle Costner really deserves, but its diverting enough thanks to a typically dependable performance from its leading man and s ..
Digital Spy
1.3
When the movie is really funny is when its trying to be emotional.
New York Post
2.5
Where things get more problematically murky is in its tonal shifts and lopsided storytelling.
Dustin Put Man
3.0
No, it doesnt make any sense at all, but thats what makes it an enjoyable ride.
Contact Music
3.0
The big idea of 3 Days to Kill is to marry the routine one last job formula with a heartfelt family redemption dramedy.Theres nothing inherently wrong ..
Film Racket
3.1
Joseph McGinty Nichol, better known as McG, serves up a blend of drama and comedy framed by sparkling shots of Paris.The uber violent and sometimes fu ..
Js Online
1.5
When is a shitty Liam Neeson action dad movie not a shitty Liam Neeson action dad movie
The Dissolve
3.8
3 Days to Kill is a very strange but entertaining time killer with strong performances, amusing set pieces and exciting action sequences.
Crave Online
2.0
Its a decidedly mediocre effort, with exactly one memorable action scene, and when it pushes too hard into sentimental territory, it feels completely ..
Scene Stealers
2.0
Still, Costner, though gruff and bored, is reliably solid in this Liam Neeson cast off role, and the movies fine, in a mid budget, wholly inconsequent ..
The Ooh Tray
1.5
McG wants the film to be self aware and gloriously over the top, as if it the product of an action movies id.
Movie Mezzanine
3.5
Costners performance provides an appealing counterweight to the storys flightiness, however.He has enough good, old fashioned movie star magnetism to ..
Seven Day Svt
2.0
And this muddled, over long and increasingly dull comedy action flick really is no way to relaunch a movie career.
Daily Star
3.0
In between the life lessons the fun and action are actioned up to just the level youd expect out of a pairing of McG and Besson.
Media Mikes
3.0
This is not to say that the movie doesnt have some slam bang moments (it does), but that it operates at a different speed than McGs other work.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.0
Perhaps, its the dismal state of February cinema finally taking its toll but I enjoyed this feature and would recommend it as a brainless exercise in ..
Johnhanlon Reviews
1.0
Synopsis Returning to leading man duty, Kevin Costner plays Ethan Renner, a dying CIA killer who gets an extended lease of life when his handler (Ambe ..
Sky
3.0
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Richard Roeper
2.0
It may take our protagonist 3 Days to Kill, but regrettably, it takes even less time to have forgotten all about this particular piece of cinema.
Hey U Guys
2.5
Its a good thing the guy being tortured happens to be Italian.Co written and produced by Luc Besson, the film is a low IQ guilty pleasure not unlike t ..
Rajeev Masand
3.0
In doing so, Besson questions the whole macho foundation of the action movie and brings intelligent skepticism into the frame by creating characters t ..
O Canada
3.0
And its good to see the now 58 year old Costner leading an action thriller again for the first time since the underrated Mr Brooks (2007).
Birmingham Mail
1.5
Costner is superbly wry and ruggedly assured, but he cant save this mess singlehanded.
Oc Register
0.0
At times, the movie is supposed to be a taught thriller with lots of action.Stuff is blowing up.
Dc5
1.5
You can see hes invested in this, formulaic plot and cheesy moments and all, and sells every moment of it with sincerity.
Ign
2.5
Everything else is wildly ridiculous nonsense, which is giddy on its own giggly level.3 Days to Kill does have a lot of high voltage action sequences ..
Hono Lulu Pulse
3.0
Awkward Threesome Costner, McG, and Bessons 3 Days to Kill 3 DAYS TO KILL Not pictured: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves II: King of Thieves.FEW FILMMAKE ..
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