After all, how hard can parenting be when compared to saving the world on a daily basis from international terrorists? But there’s a wrinkle. Undeterred, Ethan resolves to connect with his daughter and views a three day “babysitting” while ex-wife Christine is out of town for work as the perfect opportunity to prove himself. Keeping Zooey at arms length her entire life as a means to keep her safe and unaware of her father’s dangerous career, Zooey’s wall of resistance is virtually impenetrable and breaking through it proves to be more difficult than Ethan’s toughest mission. With little time left, Ethan heads to Paris to reconnect with his now teen-aged daughter Zooey only to find her unforgiving when it comes to her absentee father. His one regret though? Being a better agent than he was a father and husband. Diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer that has spread to his lungs, his days are numbered and his career over. One of the most successful and effective weapons in the CIA arsenal, Renner is dying. Not just a string of action upon action sequences, 3 DAYS TO KILL has a solid foundation in its story, creating an emotional connection and dynamic upon which humor and action flow, thanks not only to Costner’s performance, but that of Hailee Steinfeld who is the embodiment of generations of teen-aged girls caught between growing up, being “daddy’s little girl” and pushing the envelope of “what can I get away that dad won’t know about.”ĬIA operative Ethan Renner is at the end of a long road. Mindless Friday night fun, switch off your brain and enjoy the ride.Nothing warms my heart more than a father-daughter film – unless it’s a father-daughter film with kick-ass action which means, 3 DAYS TO KILL is killer! Exhilarating! High energy! High Heart! High Humor! As the second of five films starring Costner to hit theatres this year, 3 DAYS TO KILL finds the perfect blend of Costner’s “everyman” sensibility, old school practicality and matter-of-fact humor with the high octane storytelling of director McG based on a script by Luc Besson and Hasak.
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It features a great performance from kevin Costner that could just give his movie career the revamp it needs. Overall, “3 Days to Kill” is an entertaining and solid action film that is not to be taken seriously. Its basically good versus evil with no real plot or structure. This would be a walk in the park for Liam Neeson’s Brian Mills in “Taken”. The film is heavily focused on action more than characters which are weak in places, especially the villains as we are given no real insight into what their motive is there is no real menace either as Ethan quickly dispatches the “Wolf’s” henchmen one-by-one.
Hailee Steinfeld, stars as Ethan’s daughter and is there is great chemistry between her and Costner that highlight the best comic moments in the movie.ĭirector MCG is great when it comes to action and the film is filled with some eye popping set pieces, one involving a high speed car chase around the famous locations in Paris, a club brawl as well as an excellent opening set sequence where Ethan has stop an arms trafficker known only as the “wolf”.
He handles the action scenes really well and this film does the same for him as what “Taken” did for Liam Neeson and turned him into a global action star.Īmber Heard, stars as a shadowy CIA boss who gives Ethan his last assignment in exchange for an experimental drug that could save his life. He shows that he’s still got it especially when it comes to the drama moments where Ethan is trying to reconnect with his family. “3 Days to Kill” hopes to revive kevin Costner’s movie career, and its a good start as the movie relies entirely on his performance. “3 Days to Kill” is the new action-thriller adapted from Luc Besson and stars Kevin Costner as Ethan Renner, a dying CIA agent who is offered an experimental drug whilst trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
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