Armed with the truth
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Idras Elba |
| Director |
Pierre Morel |
| Screenplay | Sean Penn, Pete Travis, Don MacPherson, from the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette |
| Music | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography | Flavio Martinez Labiano |
| Editing | Frédéric Thoraval |
| Sound formats | |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2015 |
| Produced by | Anton Capital Entertainment, Canal+, Nostromo Pictures, Prone Gunman Productions, Silver Pictures, StudioCanal, TF1 Film Production |
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| Genre | Action |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | [FPB text makes no sense ... assume data capture error their side - Ed.] |
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| Suggested age limit 17 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
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Drinking, drugs, smoking |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Ann Hornaday  A misfire from a good cast. | 5 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Penn pas nie as 'n 'Rambo-lite'. | 5 | |
| Cape Times Leslie Felperin Macho showdown. | 5 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli | 10 |  |
| Metacritic.com 41 critics | 8 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 129 critics | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer With an uninspired plot and rote set pieces that are overshadowed by its star's physique, The Gunman proves a muddled misfire in the rapidly aging Over-50 Action Hero genre. | 3 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 9 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Overly serious and convoluted Sean Penn action thriller. | 5 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 26 users | 9 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 10638 users | 9 | |
| Internet 3276 Netizens Below Average | 11 |  |
Average .. 37% | 7 | |