Review of The Gunman (2015) by Brad S — 22 Oct 2015

Standard thriller featuring a ripped Sean Penn and wasteful use of Javier Bardem and Idris Elba. Skip it!

This review of The Gunman (2015) was written by Brad S on 22 Oct 2015.

The Gunman has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 23 Feb 2016

A muscular, passable piece of slick entertainment on the action front, The Gunman's ambitions are welcome, but could have used another polish…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 02 Dec 2017

Sean Penn is labeled as The Gunman but the gunplay is generic and does nothing to make this guy feel special…

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By Jluis_001 (2,242) on 06 Sep 2017

An action movie made purely for the brightness of its star who is trying to give his career a new air in a genre that personally does not go…

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By Joshua H (844) on 25 Nov 2016

Sean Penn takes a page from Liam Neeson and in his old age and adds a geriatric, action thriller to his resume…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 13 Jun 2016

It was ok. The plot was basic and generic. While I agree that Sean pean was probably to old for this role he did give it his best shot…

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By Travis B (204) on 20 Jan 2016

The bad guy is using a Blackberry for communications. And Penn uses one of them slide phones. This film was released in 2014 or 2015…

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By Nosma (11) on 23 Apr 2016

Really terrible, annoying, waste of my time…

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By Brian A (456) on 07 Jan 2016

Action flick that contained some exciting scenes, but for the most part just felt weird…

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By Jh K (596) on 04 Jan 2016

Con tanto buen actor, buen paisaje y recursos de dirección eficaces apenas se logra nada que salvar, se hace pesadísima y las españoladas…

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By Nathan R (476) on 29 Dec 2015

Very good movie! Way better than the reviews indicate. Sean Penn was really good and there was lots of action…

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