3 Days to Kill *
Dir: McG. With:
Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen. 117 mins. Cert: 12A
Imagine restyling Ken
Barlow after Jack Bauer. The latest slapdash pulp-dollop off the Luc Besson
production line seeks to reposition Kevin Costner as a Neesony Bad-Ass Dad by
casting him as a growly CIA type, using a Parisian layover to juggle terrorist-offing
with teaching daughter Hailee Steinfeld how to ride a bike. Director McG, a
refugee from Hollywood’s pre-Crunch more-is-more moment, realises the rating
allows limited sadism, and pads it with irksome character business: Amber Heard
brings scant nuance to the role of Cleavage With Integral Handgun, while
Besson’s staggeringly insensitive handling of other cultures persists around
the populous Malian clan swarming Costner’s appartement.
Merde.
3 Days to Kill opens in cinemas nationwide tomorrow.
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