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- 2023
- R
- Relativity Media
- 1 h 48 m
- 2023
- R
- Relativity Media
- 1 h 48 m
Summary An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job (John Cena) reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unl...
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Jacob Lentz
- 2023
- R
- Relativity Media
- 1 h 48 m
- 2023
- R
- Relativity Media
- 1 h 48 m
Freelance
22
5.1
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Summary An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job (John Cena) reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unl...
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Jacob Lentz
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
75% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
22
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
75% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
It just feels like a movie that was made because Cena and Brie agreed to star in it.
Too tame in its violence to be thrilling, too flat in its gags to be funny, and too PG-minded to be genuinely sexy, Morel’s film arrives and exits like a mild breeze – totally and utterly forgettable. John Cena deserves better. And so do we.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.1
27% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
50% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
23% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.1
27% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
50% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
23% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
Freelance fails to deliver on every front. Worse, it barely seems to try.
Freelance, like Cena’s Mason, wants to be something more, but maybe it should’ve settled for something a little more simplistic and straightforward and found the joy in that.
Zero “rom” and very little “com.” The action sequences are perhaps the best parts of the film. Director Pierre Morel sure knows how to crash a helicopter! But there’s only so many times you can watch Cena shoot, fight or drive his way out of danger.
You would get more sparks from rubbing a wet flannel with a wetter rock. But try it anyway. It could hardly be more tedious than waiting for Freelance to crawl to its predictable denouement.
The most impressive thing about Pierre Morel’s film is how it takes two actors as generally likable as John Cena and Alison Brie and makes them such bland avatars for actual people that they fade into the dull background of action-comedy noise this “movie” tries to achieve.
Freelance started out strong for me and I enjoyed the overall camaraderie between Claire and John Cena's character. The premise is an interesting one and it reminded me of a few films such as the upcoming Argyle and the Lost City - which I feel are throwbacks to Romancing the Stone and Jewel of the Nile per Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. These have long been two of my favorite romantic adventure stories so I felt freelance fell in line with that and I quite enjoyed it.
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I found the movie itself quite fun, I mean it was a typical popcorn movie so the plot was a bit dumb and some parts of it, but by watching trailer I knew quite well what I am going into when planning to watch it - yes they could have made it a bit funnier at points or make it more with sense in the plot, but other than that it was ok.
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Occasionally chuckle worthy action comedy with a decent cast and below average screenplay does well to entertain for a couple of hours. There's not much here to challenge your expectations but if youre in the mood there are some easy action movie thrills to be found. Sadly it never quite finds the groove between comedy and action instead sort of wavering into an almost parody movie energy instead. Its an odd duck and the chemistry between brie and cena never really works sadly. Worth a look if you like the cast or the genre.
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In 2019, John Cena starred in the comedy Playing With Fire, which at the time went completely unnoticed in theaters. Back then, I expressed that even though as hard as Cena would try, he would not become a movie star like Dwayne Johnson did.However, he made appearances in more famous films, joined the Fast and Furious franchise, and got a lot of recognition for his portrayal of Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad, followed by his own series on HBO Max, so it seemed my skepticism might have been **** it seems Cena is back to where he was limited and destined to be with his recent appearances in such irrelevant movies as Vacation Friends 1 and 2, Hidden Strike with Jackie Chan and now Freelance. So everything seems to be back to normal.Freelance is a terrible action comedy. A mess that fails to be either entertaining or funny. It feels like a manufactured product in the hopes of getting attention for having Cena involved while the rest of the movie seems to have been improvised. Still, even to produce low-quality content, certain skills are required, and Freelance makes it clear pretty quickly that whatever they were looking to pursue is being offered to the audiences in a crappy and pitiful way.
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0/10 This film so a joke, it's so bad that I couldn't even refer it to anyone I know couldn't do that to them, all the scenes are very bad it looked either John Cena was trying to be funny and quirky but failed miserably.
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Production Company
Yorkshire Film Services II,
AGC Studios,
Endurance Media,
Wideangle Films,
Sentient Entertainment,
Sentient Pictures,
Signature Films
Release Date Oct 27, 2023
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Website
https://freelance.movie/
