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3 Days to Kill

PG-13 Released Feb 21, 2014 1h 56m Action Mystery & Thriller Adventure List
28% Tomatometer 121 Reviews 43% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
Facing a terminal disease, spy Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) has decided to give up his dangerous, high-stakes life in order to rebuild his relationship with his estranged wife and daughter (Hailee Steinfeld), whom he previously pushed away to keep them out of harm's way. However, in exchange for a potentially lifesaving drug, he must complete one final mission: apprehend one of the world's most ruthless terrorists while looking after his teenage offspring in her mother's absence.
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3 Days to Kill uneasily mixes technically accomplished action sequences with an underdeveloped family conflict.

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Noah Berlatsky The Atlantic 3 Days to Kill really cares about its parental themes, with neurotic and bizarre results. Aug 28, 2019 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Something very special: a Kevin Costner vehicle that makes both The Postman and Waterworld seem fearsomely substantial. Rated: 1/5 Jun 22, 2014 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) The director McG seems uncertain whether he should concentrate on the action or the family drama. Rated: 2/5 Jun 20, 2014 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies A mediocre action picture that never anchors itself enough to tell a competent story. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 25, 2022 Full Review Kip Mooney College Movie Review That the CIA has a quick-acting cure for cancer is only the fifth or sixth most implausible thing in this movie. Rated: D+ Sep 9, 2021 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Costner has a world weary, easy charm here that helps sell the humor and he appears comfortable with the action. Rated: 3/5 Feb 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael B Lost me at the vacuous opening briefing. This movie was poorly written, mindless, convoluted, and meant I guess to check some boxes to appease--you know who. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/24 Full Review R T Movie doesn't take itself too seriously and is a good time. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/29/24 Full Review B C 28%? I call BS on that score. This is a Great CIA thriller. Great acting. Very sleek. I’ve watch all the way through about 10 times. The whole cough/cancer/injection thing is well done, too. So, in closing eat a D critics/haters. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review John C By the time you reach the end of this review, I will have totally forgotten even watching McG’s latest action offering, ‘3 Days to Kill.’ Does that mean it’s a bad film? No. Not really. Kevin Costner stars as a CIA agent in Paris who has been diagnosed with only a few months to live... unless he completes ‘one last job’ (in which case the CIA will cure him). So... have you ever seen a film where a man (normally CIA/FBI etc) has to run around a city trying to kill someone? You have, right? Probably starring Liam Neeson, Matt Damon, or someone just like him. In that case, you’ve basically seen 3 Days to Kill, only you’ll have watched a better version. There’s nothing really wrong with this film. There’s just nothing that make it stand out over all the dozens other similar spy/chase movies. You can literally do something else, like surf the internet, while it’s on and still understand every last aspect of the plot. It tries to be serious, but comes across a little too ‘comic book-like.’ The villains are TOO villainous, the sexy CIA contact Kevin has to meet is a little TOO sexy. It all just comes across as too far-fetched. I lost count of how many high speech car chases I watched through the streets of Paris with bodies falling out of car windows every few hundred yards, only for the police to never feel the need to investigate and every civilian just getting on with their lives as if there wasn’t a real life game of Grand Theft Auto going on all around them. There’s a subplot that seems to date back to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ‘True Lies,’ where Kevin has to ‘reconnect’ with his estranged wife and daughter. Just because Arnie’s offering was twenty years ago, doesn’t mean that time has managed to top it. If you like spy/chase films then you’ve probably seen all the best ones. I’m sure a film or genre will eventually come along to top the Bourne films or whatever Liam Neeson’s latest offering is and that’ll be great. However, this film isn’t it. In fact... what was it called again? Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review F.A.F.O CALI TO DE W Not a bad movie if you have free time. It's. Worth a watch Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/23/24 Full Review Audience Member Not sure why this movie is rated so low .it wasn't great but it should be atleast a 5 or a 6. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Facing a terminal disease, spy Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) has decided to give up his dangerous, high-stakes life in order to rebuild his relationship with his estranged wife and daughter (Hailee Steinfeld), whom he previously pushed away to keep them out of harm's way. However, in exchange for a potentially lifesaving drug, he must complete one final mission: apprehend one of the world's most ruthless terrorists while looking after his teenage offspring in her mother's absence.
Director
McG
Producer
Marc Libert, Ryan Kavanaugh
Screenwriter
Luc Besson, Adi Hasak
Distributor
Relativity Media
Production Co
3DTK, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Relativity
Rating
PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sensuality)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
May 13, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.7M
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital
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