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2014 film directed by McG

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3 Days to Kill is an action, thriller and drama film directed by McG and released on 14 February 2014, written by Luc Besson, who also produced alongside Ryan Kavanaugh and Virginie Silla. Filmed at the Cité du Cinéma in Paris, it stars Amber Heard, Kevin Costner, Connie Nielsen and Hailee Steinfeld, with cinematography by Thierry Arbogast. Made in English, French and German by EuropaCorp, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Relativity Media and 20th Century Fox across France and the United States on a budget of 28,000,000, it took 53,260,230 in revenue and runs 113 minutes.

Rated PG-13 and distributed by Relativity Media and Netflix, it carries the tagline "The question is... kill or die?"

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A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

Released: 2014-02-14113 minDir: McGAction, Drama, ThrillerBudget: $28.0MBox office: $53.3M

Cast

  • Kevin Costner as Agent Ethan Renner
  • Amber Heard as Agent Vivi Delay
  • Hailee Steinfeld as Zooey Renner
  • Connie Nielsen as Christine Renner
  • Tómas Lemarquis as The Albino
  • Richard Sammel as The Wolf

Themes

  • central intelligence agency (cia)
  • paris, france
  • killing
  • retirement
  • family
  • secret service
  • dying
  • illegal drugs
  • cleaner
  • married man

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Ratings

IMDb

6.2/10

100,864 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

27%

Metacritic

40/100

Year
2014
Runtime
117 min
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Rated
PG-13

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Key facts

Directed by
McG
Screenplay by
Luc Besson , Adi Hasak
Story by
Luc Besson
Produced by
Ryan Kavanaugh Marc Libert
Starring
Kevin Costner Amber Heard Hailee Steinfeld Connie Nielsen
Cinematography
Thierry Arbogast
Edited by
Audrey Simonaud
Music by
Guillaume Roussel
Production companies
EuropaCorp , Wonderland Sound and Vision
Distributed by
EuropaCorp Distribution (France) , Relativity Media (United States)
Release dates
12 February 2014 ( 2014-02-12 ) ( Los Angeles ) 21 February 2014 ( 2014-02-21 ) (United States) 19 March 2014 ( 2014-03-19 ) (France)
Running time
117 minutes
Countries
France, United States, Serbia
Languages
English, French, German
Budget
$28 million
Box office
$52.6 million

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
French
Director
McG
Production company
Relativity Media
Cinematographer
Thierry Arbogast
Narrative location
Paris
Duration
116
FilmAffinity ID
963867
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2014-03-13
title
3 Days to Kill
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
27%
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Encyclopedic overview

3 Days to Kill is a 2014 action thriller film directed by McG and written by Luc Besson and Adi Hasak. Starring Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee Steinfeld, and Connie Nielsen, the film tells the story of a dangerous international spy (Costner) dying of brain cancer who is determined to retire and rebuild his relationship with his estranged wife (Nielsen) and daughter (Steinfield). Offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for completing one last job, he finds himself having to juggle his two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years while his wife is out of town.

The movie was released on 21 February 2014, received mixed reviews, and grossed $52.6 million against its $28 million budget.

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