Freelance

"Retirement didn't suit him."

2023 1h 48m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,210

ActionComedy

Synopsis

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An ex-special forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive.

“Retirement didn't suit him.”

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Cast

John Cena
Mason Pettits
Alison Brie
Claire Wellington
Juan Pablo Raba
President Juan Venegas
Christian Slater
Sebastian Earle
Alice Eve
Jenny Pettits
Marton Csokas
Colonel Jan Koehorst
Sebastián Eslava
Jorge
Molly McCann
Casey Pettits

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Jacob Lentz
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom

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MONEY

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Earned back only 23% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Pierre Morel, shot by Thierry Arbogast. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Elliot Leung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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John Cena and Alison Brie and Juan Pablo Raba carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Retirement didn't suit him.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Pierre Morel directs. Thierry Arbogast behind the camera. Elliot Leung scores. Chris Tonick cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 23% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 3 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Pierre Morel, shot by Thierry Arbogast. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Elliot Leung. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Chris Tonick shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7John Cena and Alison Brie and Juan Pablo Raba carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Retirement didn't suit him.".
9IMDB entry: tt15744298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "coup d'etat", "dictatorship", "political assassination", "duringcreditsstinger".

The technical file

Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
Original score: Elliot Leung
Editing: Chris Tonick
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $9,112,817
Return: 23% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Freelance (2023)

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Hooman Shahidi2024-01-01
Great movie!
CinemaSerf2024-01-03
★ 5/10
Hilarious that on the day Amazon announce the introduction of ads (or a 35% uplift in your monthly fee) that this nonsense hits the small screen. It purports to be a comedy, but I'm not sure what language you'd have to be speaking in order to get any humour out of this contrived and weakly devised action "thriller". Journalist "Claire" (Alison Brie) hires security specialist "Mason" (John Cena) to accompany her on a trip to a jungle dictatorship where she is to interview the president. Upon arrival they meet the suave and debonaire "Venegas" (Juan Pablo Raba) who has his own golden gun - a little less subtle than that of Christopher Lee! Anyway, no sooner do they land than they find themselves caught up in a coup led by an ambitious but cowardly nephew and must now traipse through the jungle trying to stay one step ahead of the military and of the mercenaries who may or may not be on someone's side! This is just a badly conceived mess of a film with the mediocre acting matched only by some dreadful dialogue amidst a repetitive series of ambushes, shoot-outs and a denouement that rather summed up this confused and derivative story. It's too long, but I'm not sure where you'd stop cutting if you started, so I'd have to recommend that you just go find an episode or two of the "A Team" and sink some Malbec instead.

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