Retribution

"All roads lead to the truth."

2023 1h 31m EN

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★6.5TMDB · 1,422

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When a mysterious caller plants a bomb under his car seat, a bank executive begins a high-speed chase across the city to complete a specific series of tasks — all with his kids trapped in the back seat.

“All roads lead to the truth.”

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Cast

Liam Neeson
Matt Turner
Lilly Aspell
Emily Turner
Jack Champion
Zach Turner
Matthew Modine
Anders Muller
Noma Dumezweni
Angela Brickmann
Embeth Davidtz
Heather Turner
Arian Moayed
Sylvain
Emily Kusche
Mila

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nimród Antal
Writers: Christopher Ulrich, Chris Salmanpour, Alberto Marini
Languages: English, German
Countries: France, Germany, United States of America

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Earned back only 93% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, Germany, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nimród Antal, shot by Flavio Martínez Labiano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Steve Mirkovich 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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Liam Neeson and Lilly Aspell and Jack Champion carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Nimród Antal directs. Flavio Martínez Labiano behind the camera. Harry Gregson-Williams scores. Steve Mirkovich cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France, Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English, German.

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1Earned back only 93% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
4International production across 3 countries: France, Germany, United States of America.
5Directed by Nimród Antal, shot by Flavio Martínez Labiano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Harry Gregson-Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Steve Mirkovich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Liam Neeson and Lilly Aspell and Jack Champion carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "All roads lead to the truth.".
10IMDB entry: tt6906292 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 27 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Flavio Martínez Labiano
Original score: Harry Gregson-Williams
Editing: Steve Mirkovich
Production design: David Scheunemann
Costume design: Mona May
Makeup / hair: Anett Weber
VFX supervisor: Roxane Fechner
Sound: Julian Slater
Stunt coordinator: Volkhart Buff
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $18,685,751
Return: 93% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Retribution (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-11-07
★ 5/10
"Matt" (Liam Neeson) is the high flying hedge fund partner who is taking his kids to school one morning when he gets a strange phone call from a strange phone. The voice at the end of the call warns him that he is sitting atop a weight-controlled bomb and that his family are in great danger should he not do as he is told. Just to reiterate that threat, he is to rendezvous with his colleague "Sylvain" (Arian Moayed) who is soon no long a concern! To add to the poor man's woes, when he tries to contact his wife he discovers that she is off meeting a lawyer! Can he salvage anything from this perilous, meticulously planned, scenario before they are all chum? For a while, here, Nimród Antal sustains a degree of menace as the mystery unfolds, but sadly - once it does, it's pretty obvious whom the protagonist actually is and the proceeding car chases make the art of simple urban road-blocking by the German police look just a little amateurish! The last twenty minutes are especially disappointing with a denouement that's not short on pyrotechnics but is short on just about everything else. It's a very derivative television movie that if you enjoy the genre, you probably won't hate - the pace sees to that. You won't remember it for long afterwards, though.

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