Hunter Killer | October 26 2018 | Lionsgate | dir. Donovan Marsh | action film starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, and Michael Nyqvist

[Alli]

Gary oldman is not very selective with his roles, is he? not even after winning the oscar

[Barnack]

13 minutes ago, Alli said:

Gary oldman is not very selective with his roles, is he? not even after winning the oscar

He was cast early 2016 and the movie was shot summer 2016, before Darkest Hours released.

 

 

That said Oldman is probably in a group like Tilda Swinton for who winning an Oscar changed very little if anything, could not get more respected by the industry/director anyway....

 

Swinton said in a interview she didn't saw any change in the volume of call her agents got before/after, I imagine the same would go for Julianne Moore, DiCaprio, 

[filmlover]

5 hours ago, Barnack said:

He was cast early 2016 and the movie was shot summer 2016, before Darkest Hours released.

 

 

That said Oldman is probably in a group like Tilda Swinton for who winning an Oscar changed very little if anything, could not get more respected by the industry/director anyway....

 

Swinton said in a interview she didn't saw any change in the volume of call her agents got before/after, I imagine the same would go for Julianne Moore, DiCaprio, 

DiCaprio is hella selective, which is why his output the past 15 years or so has been with nothing but the most respected/prestigious directors. I wouldn't expect him to reach that "I don't give a fuck anymore" stage of his career until he's in his 60s like De Niro did.

[Barnack]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

has been with nothing but the most respected/prestigious directors

Yeah there is not really room to go higher because of an oscar win for him, already only doing 9 figures budget movies from pretty much the best team of people making movies for 20m +20%.

[lilmac]

Gary Oldman is one of the best actors ever. Bring it on. 

[AndyK]

3 hours ago, Barnack said:

Yeah there is not really room to go higher because of an oscar win for him, already only doing 9 figures budget movies from pretty much the best team of people making movies for 20m +20%.

Took him long enough to get that oscar though.

[DAR]

I’m certainly not expecting a cinematic masterpiece, but I’m always up for a submarine movie

[SLAM!]

4 minutes ago, DAR said:

I’m certainly not expecting a cinematic masterpiece, but I’m always up for a submarine movie

 

[Ithil]

I would suggest some reshoots where the premise becomes "Gerald Butler has to help some rogue generals kill the Russian president". Or just hurry up and set a big pile of money on fire.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

This looks very dated from the tv ads 

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, MovieGuyKyle17 said:

This looks very dated from the tv ads 

Well, it was made in mid-2016.

[Eric Lasagna]

 

dafuq

[MrGlass2]

It always warms my heart when I see Gerard doing his thing.

[aabattery]

1 hour ago, CoolEric258 said:

 

dafuq

 

President Butler.

[MovieGuyKyle17]

On 10/15/2018 at 5:04 PM, CoolEric258 said:

 

dafuq

But................................Why?

[Ithil]

Butler is such a twit of an actor.

[el sid]

Does this film have some dated charm or is it complete trash? I'm not sure what to think of it judging from the trailers (let alone this storyline).

But G. Butler isn't to blame for the flopping of Geostorm (I think it would have performed even worse with most other actors and WW it grossed almost 188M) and Den Of Thieves was a small surprise this year so let's see what is possible here. I guess the reviews (as far as the target audience is interested in them) won't be the best. So far there's one (very) negative and one positive at RT.

Edit: The first German official review is up and also more positive than negative. They say it has from time to time a bit too much pathos and not the greatest character development but there's no pure black and white thinking who are the good and bad guys and below the line it's a good action film with enough tension and visual appeal.

Edited October 18, 2018 by el sid

[Napoleon]

 

[DAJK]

This is totally something I would see if I weren't paying for movies. But as it is, I've got the choice between this and Johnny English on Tuesday, and I'm picking the latter.