Instant Favorite.

Excellent adaptation.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Then watch the last 10 minutes if you have to. Saved you 2 hours of your life.Terrible, even Mark Rylance was poor. How did this get made and with such top end actors. I love all these actors normally, especially Penn (MILK and many more) It is predictable and laboured, poor script...

At first it is hard to imagine Sean Penn in an action film and harder in a lead marksman role, but then I watched this . Wow, but I don't get how such a good almost full in all aspects action film could get 5.8 !!!! May be people lost their taste of a realistic action film. It's certainly 7-8 stars. If we consider Penn's role only, it's flawless, the other actors could have done better job.Except Sean Penn other actors kind of look faded, a bit more prominent action star group could have made this film better. The guys in negative role did an okay job but kind of pulled down the overall hotness of the film. The beginning of film seemed kind of a bit too little too short and a little more action and length in the beginning context would certainly do more favour to the overall story line.

Sean Penn did not age well. But I suppose you could say that an old assassin would look weathered. Also, the character is dealing with stuff that took place many years ago when he was younger.Having said that, it was awkward to watch a guy that old and gray portray an indestructible super hero. After all, that's what these type characters are. The Bourne guy, the Taken guy, etc. They know how to do everything and they can't be beaten. Unrealistic yes, but generally fun.There was plenty of action here. It wasn't boring from that standpoint. But like other reviewers said, there simply was not enough of a back story. Who was this guy? We didn't know, and even his girlfriend didn't know. At least show us a scene of them taking a romantic walk somewhere and talking about life. Otherwise we don't see any substance to their relationship. Who was the girl? Where was she from and what motivated her to be a volunteer doctor? Searching the globe for answers to why you are being targeted for assassination, and then beating everyone up along the way, is a tired plot by now. You can keep doing it for lack of better ideas, but at least infuse it with real emotion and history.How many times can Ray Winstone play essentially the same character? Let's get some new faces in these spy flicks. He was the same guy in the remake of Point Break.I turned it off about three quarters of the way through, so I guess for whatever reasons, it couldn't hold my attention. Probably because I felt that the rest was going to be more of the same and I had enough. I really had no feeling for the characters and couldn't care less what happened to them.I will give some credit to Penn for portraying the character as genuinely remorseful for the events that his work triggered.Good pacing, photography, and choreography.

Based on the reviews, I wasn't expecting anything but BAD from this film, and it delivered something better: TERRIBLE! How does an actor of Sean Penn's caliber get talked into playing the lead role in such a shitty project? If you're sitting home, working on something that doesn't require your full attention, then this may be something worth your divided time. If you are looking for engaging entertainment, look else where. The only fascinating angle of this film is Sean Penn. He was 54 going on 55 when he performed this role. I have to commend him on his pumped-up appearance. Quite inspiring, considering he has never been one to play such physical characters!! And it would seem I have inadvertently answered my own earlier question. He probably saw this as an opportunity to get in shape while earning a paycheck, which was probably in the millions as usual.