Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, David Rintoul, Patrick Malahide, Ray Fearon, Ori Pfeffer |
| Director |
Martin Campbell |
| Screenplay | Richard Wenk |
| Music | Rupert Parkes |
| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Editing | Angela M. Catanzaro |
| Made in | 2021 |
| Produced by | Arthur Sarkissian Productions, Campbell Grobman Films, Fourteen Films, Millennium Media, Seven Stars Entertainment, Signature Pictures |
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| Genre | Action, crime |
| Language | None (sic) |
| Nudity | None (sic) |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | None (sic) |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for strong and bloody violence, language, some sexual references and brief nudity |
| Runtime | 109 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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| Suggested age limit 15 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Metacritic.com 27 critics | 10 |  |
| Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics | 12 |  |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer  Maggie Q’s still waiting for the action movie that really deserves her -- but until then, The Protégé hits just hard enough to satisfy. | 12 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Monique Jones Diverse but underwhelming assassin flick is very violent. | 5 |  |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 9 users | 11 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 250+ users | 14 |  |
| Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 15 | |
| IMDB 983 Netizens | 13 | |
| The Movie DB Community | 14 | |
Average .. 59% | 12 | |