Final Score

"It's all about to kick off"

2018 1h 45m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 591

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When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save both the daughter of a fallen comrade and the huge crowd unaware of the danger.

“It's all about to kick off”

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Cast

Dave Bautista
Michael Knox
Pierce Brosnan
Dimitri
Ray Stevenson
Arkady
Amit Shah
Faisal
Lara Peake
Danni
Ralph Brown
Steed
Alexandra Dinu
Tatiana
Lucy Gaskell
Rachel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank, Keith Lynch, David T. Lynch
Languages: Russian, English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 7% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Scott Mann, shot by Emil Topuzov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Edward Barker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Scott Mann directs. Emil Topuzov behind the camera. James Edward Barker scores. Robert Hall cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in Russian, English.

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1Earned back only 7% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, English.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Directed by Scott Mann, shot by Emil Topuzov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by James Edward Barker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Robert Hall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Dave Bautista and Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "It's all about to kick off".
10IMDB entry: tt5254610 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "revolution", "terrorism", "football (soccer) stadium", "unassuming".

The technical file

Cinematography: Emil Topuzov
Original score: James Edward Barker
Editing: Robert Hall
Production design: Matthew Button
Makeup / hair: Jemma Harwood
VFX supervisor: Marcin Kolendo
Sound: Alex Outhwaite
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $1,472,770
Return: 7% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Final Score (2018)

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JPV8522019-08-30
★ 9/10
Direct-to-Video and On Demand movies, the ones that generally skip any major theatrical release, are more often than not rather terrible or at best bland. But a funny thing happens every so often, one tends to surprise. Final Score, albeit can get silly at times, was quite fun and entertaining. Dave Bautista plays Michael Knox, a former soldier visiting his “brother’s” widowed wife and daughter, Danni (LARA PEAKE), whose father was killed during a mission led by Knox. He’s come to take Danni to a football (soccer) game. Meanwhile, Arkady Belav (RAY STEVENSON) and his merry men of terrorists, infiltrate the stadium for the match. Belav learns that his brother, Dimitri (PIERCE BROSNAN), had faked his death 17 years earlier in order to stop the bloodshed during a revolution in the Russian state of Sakovya for independence. Arkady believes once the people see Dimitri alive, despite undergoing heavy plastic surgery to look a lot like Pierce Brosnan, will rise up and the revolution will be revitalized. Arkady and his crew have not only jammed signals so people inside cannot get use their cell phones, they have also rigged columns in the stadium with C4 explosives. Once Knox gets wind of what’s going on, he goes into action first to protect Danni and then take down Arkady, with the help of stadium attendant Faisal (AMIT SHAH), who knows the lay of the land. Brutal violence ensues. I don’t mind admitting, I genuinely enjoyed Final Score. It’s a movie that certainly had more than a few silly moments, most notably Knox riding a motorbike onto a heavy fabric roof along with some eye-rolling dialogue, one towards the end that reminded me of the “swing high” line in Signs. But even so, Dave Bautista has proven he does have enough charisma to carry a movie while Ray Stevenson, to no one’s surprise, does play an effective villain even when his character’s motives don’t seem to be well thought out. And finally Pierce Brosnan gets the prestigious “and” credit meaning he’s only in the film for a few minutes and minimal dialogue, but even so, seems to give it his best for such a limited part. As much as I liked Stevenson, kind of wish Brosnan played the villain here… Final Score was directed by Scott Mann who also helmed the dull film Heist from 2015 (which co-starred Bautista) but here the action was pretty well shot and even in the asinine moments, were still rather suspenseful. The script was written by “The Lynch Brothers” (David and Keith Lynch; both making their feature debuts) and Mann’s co-to man, Jonathan Frank who wrote Mara also for Saban Films. In the end, this is not some tremendous action-thriller and certainly does have shades of Die Hard, but even so, I was generally surprised considering the track record for these direct-to-video flicks that are more often than not, are terrible. This one, was actually pretty damn good.
Gimly2020-08-12
★ 6/10
Might not exactly be a masterpiece, but for real: Ray Stevenson and Craig Conway as Eurotrash terrorists taking on Dave Bautista at a Hammers game in a "Die-Hard-But" movie with a kickass soundtrack? This is thing is one neon lights sequence away from being literally made for me. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
tmdb154355192021-06-27
★ 5/10
A pretty subpar entry in the "I don't know what else to make, so I'm just going to make a dumb action movie filled with stereotypes and tropes" genre.