Clockwise from top left: White Men Can’t Jump (Hulu), The Old Way (Saban Films), Beetlejuice (Warner Bros.), The Last Unicorn (Jensen Farley Pictures)Image: The A.V. Club
Whether or not you think that the world needs a fresh version of White Men Can’t Jump, you’re getting a remake starring...
Whether or not you think that the world needs a fresh version of White Men Can’t Jump, you’re getting a remake starring...
- 4/26/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Philippe’s newly released con faces heavy pressure not to go straight as his family grows ever more estranged and the film runs low on fresh ideas
The plot manoeuvres in this léger noir are so boilerplate and predictable that viewers are likely to find themselves expecting much bigger twists than are actually delivered. Surely that nice guy will turn out to be a double-crosser, you assume? Or you might imagine one of the vampy women will turn out to be a triple-crossing femme fatale. But no, it’s all pretty much on the level, which makes the snippets of classic Hollywood crime thrillers such as Touch of Evil, just glimpsed on a TV set, feel seriously undermining, gesturing as they do towards much more sophisticated works of cinema than we have here.
Ryan Phillippe stars as Miller, the titular locksmith, who in the opening scene has been forced into...
The plot manoeuvres in this léger noir are so boilerplate and predictable that viewers are likely to find themselves expecting much bigger twists than are actually delivered. Surely that nice guy will turn out to be a double-crosser, you assume? Or you might imagine one of the vampy women will turn out to be a triple-crossing femme fatale. But no, it’s all pretty much on the level, which makes the snippets of classic Hollywood crime thrillers such as Touch of Evil, just glimpsed on a TV set, feel seriously undermining, gesturing as they do towards much more sophisticated works of cinema than we have here.
Ryan Phillippe stars as Miller, the titular locksmith, who in the opening scene has been forced into...
- 4/18/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The Locksmith is a movie directed Nicolas Harvard starring Ryan Phillippe and Kate Bosworth.
This is a movie that doesn´t try or attempt to escape from the clichés it is born into.
The actors who are pretty good can´t escape from a screenplay that does not want any interpretations.
Movie Review The Locksmith
Everything in The Locksmith is something we have heard about before, from the story of the good criminal with a bad friend, but a nice guy, the ex-wife and above all, the story of a criminal forced to get involved in shady deals after leaving prison.
The Locksmith is a movie we have all seen a thousand times, and this time, although it is not a bad film, is just another part of this same repeated story so that, once again, one can make some cash with “what the audience demands” in this American story that,...
This is a movie that doesn´t try or attempt to escape from the clichés it is born into.
The actors who are pretty good can´t escape from a screenplay that does not want any interpretations.
Movie Review The Locksmith
Everything in The Locksmith is something we have heard about before, from the story of the good criminal with a bad friend, but a nice guy, the ex-wife and above all, the story of a criminal forced to get involved in shady deals after leaving prison.
The Locksmith is a movie we have all seen a thousand times, and this time, although it is not a bad film, is just another part of this same repeated story so that, once again, one can make some cash with “what the audience demands” in this American story that,...
- 2/4/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
“The Locksmith” has the right elements for a crime thriller: an ex-con seeking revenge and being chased by a vengeful cop while trying to protect his family. Ryan Phillippe plays the title character, Miller, introduced in the middle of a robbery. Things go wrong and his cohort gets killed. Flash forward 10 years, and he’s out of prison. In the present, he reconnects with his daughter (Madeleine Guilbot) who’s in the care of her policewoman mother (Kate Bosworth). Of course he will be pulled back for one last job where things will go wrong.
Nicolas Harvard’s directorial debut is a strictly-by-the numbers crime thriller, where every plotline is gleaned from a mile away. In its straightforward story, “The Locksmith” has Miller dealing with a corrupt cop (Jeffrey Nordling), as he tries to help the sister of his slain old friend (Gabriela Quezada). Ving Rhames appears as another friend,...
Nicolas Harvard’s directorial debut is a strictly-by-the numbers crime thriller, where every plotline is gleaned from a mile away. In its straightforward story, “The Locksmith” has Miller dealing with a corrupt cop (Jeffrey Nordling), as he tries to help the sister of his slain old friend (Gabriela Quezada). Ving Rhames appears as another friend,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Murtada Elfadl
- Variety Film + TV
The Locksmith is a 2023 thriller movie directed by Nicolas Harvard starring Ryan Phillippe and Kate Bosworth.
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An expert locksmith (Ryan Phillippe) is released from prison and pulled back into a world of crooked cops and small-town gangsters, despite the future he hoped to build with his ex-fiancé (Kate Bosworth) a detective, and their daughter.
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An expert locksmith (Ryan Phillippe) is released from prison and pulled back into a world of crooked cops and small-town gangsters, despite the future he hoped to build with his ex-fiancé (Kate Bosworth) a detective, and their daughter.
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- 1/18/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The Locksmith Trailer — Nicolas Harvard‘s The Locksmith (2023) movie trailer has been released by Screen Media Films. The Locksmith trailer stars Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames, Jeffrey Nordling, Gabriela Quezada, Madeleine Guilbot, Noel Gugliemi, and Charlie Weber. Crew Joe Russo and Chris Lamont wrote the screenplay for The Locksmith. Poster The Locksmith Movie Poster Plot Synopsis The Locksmith‘s [...]
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- 1/18/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I owe her!" "Not like that…" Screen Media Films has revealed an official trailer for a con thriller titled The Locksmith, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Nicolas Harvard. Arriving in both theaters and on VOD to watch this February. A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé, with the help of an old friend named Frank. Determined to move on from his past, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance. The film stars Ryan Phillippe as Miller Graham, with Kate Bosworth, Ving Rhames, Jeffrey Nordling, Gabriela Quezada, Madeleine Guilbot, Noel Gugliemi, and Charlie Weber. It looks fairly generic, yet another crime story, but with a few different twists. The cast makes up for the script, giving it their best to turn...
- 1/17/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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