The Gunman

while the gunman has several faults, it's not an actively bad film on balance. it's merely perfunctory. sean penn actually makes a case for a liam neeson-like middle-aged action career with his performance as former killer jim terrior and some of the action scenes are especially well-staged -- not a surprise, as it's pierre morel's specialty. the problems with the film come in the overly predictable and contrived story, which lets its talented cast down. the supporting cast of javier bardem, ray winstone, jasmine trinca, mark rylance and idris elba are good, if mostly underutilized. they're... read more