The Gunman (2015)

A sniper on a mercenary assassination team, working for an unknown client, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's (Sean Penn's) successful kill shot forces him to go into hiding to protect himself and the members of the team from retribution. This includes abruptly abandoning his girlfriend who has no idea what is going on. The assassination, paid for by a foreign mining company, triggers wide spread chaos and death in an already inflamed Congo. Terrier returns to the Congo years later working for an NGO, but eventually finds that he's the target of a paid hit squad somehow connected to the minister's assassination. This leads to immediate deaths and the endangerment of the people working around him, and forces him back into hiding. In trying to discover who has put a price on his head, he begins to reconnect to the members of his old assassination team, including his old girlfriend. Always aware that there is no path to redemption for his crimes, he is also periodically incapacitated by a type of accumulated and evolving physical brain damage caused by the hard knocks of his occupation. Unexpectedly, given the time that has elapsed, his reconnection to his old assassination team exposes additional intrigues with immediate deadly consequences. All of his years spent in hiding, have merely delayed the twisted end game that now enfolds.

Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Pierre Morel

Writer(s):

Don MacPherson, Jean-Patrick Manchette (novel), Pete Travis (screenplay)

Starring:

Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Idris Elba, Peter Franzén, Billy Billingham, Daniel Adegboyega, Ade Oyefeso, Alejandro Talavante, Florian Barisey, Ismael Tunkara, Amara Tunkara, Rachel Lascar, Miquel Àngel Ripeu, Mark Schardan, Txiki Blasi, Alito Rodgers, Yussifu Alhassan, Enock Oppong, Emilio Buale, Hubert Gomis, Baboucarr Mbye Cham, Carla Pérez, Chris Starkie, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Xavier Pujolràs, Juan Carlos Dannenberg, Pep Munné, Tony Corvillo, San Yélamos, Annick Weerts, Miguel Ángel Luque, Boris Martinez, Jesus Lopez, Dacio Caballero, César Solar, Abian Padrón, Ramon Álvarez, Cuco Usín, Oscar Foronda, Xavier Capdet, Domingo Beltrán, Carlus Fàbrega, Ángela Fuente, Melina Matthews, Sarah Moyle, Jordi Garcia, David Blakeley, Angel Gomez, Catalina Fernandez, Armando De Leca, Clive Curtis, Simon McCoy, Dermot Murnaghan, Natasha Kaplinsky, Stephen Sackur, Dan Adams, Gino Anganda, David Olawale Ayinde, Lynn Blades, Paulina Boneva, Jennifer Brenner, Peter Brooke, Siong Loong Choong, Bern Collaço, Trevor Comber, Ginny Dee, Leigh Dent, Elia Diaz, Daniel Foote, Robert Forcadell, Dave Goshorn, Erick Hayden, Leigh Holland, David Howkins, John Samuel Kande, Brian Lehane, Jorge Leon, Marisa Martí, Ricard Méndez, Joseph Oliveira, Blanca Star Olivera, Jose Pecino, Ricky Rajpal, Juan Carlos Ramil, Alex Rodriguez Ovalle, Deborah Rosan, James Thomas Scott, Janette Sharpe, Bomber Hurley Smith, Jayme Swiftt, Tina Tancak, TyLean Tuijl, John Warman, Daniel Westwood, Chris Wilson

Producer(s):

Aaron Auch, Stephen Bender, Olivier Courson, Josh Cowell, Ethan Erwin, Sally French, Adrián Guerra, Ron Halpern, Alex Heineman, Adam Kuhn, Ray Kybartas, Peter McAleese, Carmel Musgrove, Sean Penn, Steve Richards, Andrew Rona

Release Info:

Release Date: March 20, 2015 | Length: 115 min | Genre: Action, Crime, Drama | MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality.

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