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  • 2021
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary In an effort to prevent a terrorist attack on Washington D.C., an elite squad of Navy SEALs led by Lt. Jake Harris (Scott Adkins) and a junior CIA analyst Zoe Anderson (Ashley Greene) must retrieve a detainee from a CIA black site island prison. Tensions flare as Site Manager Jack Yorke (Ryan Phillippe) refuses to release the suspected t...

Directed By: James Nunn

Written By: Jamie Russell, James Nunn

  • 2021
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 36 m

One Shot

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
39
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary In an effort to prevent a terrorist attack on Washington D.C., an elite squad of Navy SEALs led by Lt. Jake Harris (Scott Adkins) and a junior CIA analyst Zoe Anderson (Ashley Greene) must retrieve a detainee from a CIA black site island prison. Tensions flare as Site Manager Jack Yorke (Ryan Phillippe) refuses to release the suspected t...

Directed By: James Nunn

Written By: Jamie Russell, James Nunn

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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50
Nov 9, 2021
One Shot manages to avoid seeming an overly schematic technical stunt. The mayhem depicted isn’t always fully convincing, but it does have a certain live-wire edge.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 9, 2021
If the film had focused on its set pieces and not made time for dialogue scenes, One Shot would be a helluva ride. But there’s no getting around the fact that these are cardboard characters, even by action movie standards.
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40
Jan 25, 2022
It has risibly cliched dialogue and wooden, poorly directed acting from a B-to-G list cast, but it appears to be shot in one continuous take and strictly as an example of choreography and technical skill it’s pretty nifty.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 9, 2021
The story? It’s a patchwork mess.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
33
Nov 9, 2021
One Shot is merely an experiment in filmmaking chutzpah, and a failed one at that.
By Brian Farvour FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Signature Films, Lipsync Productions, Fiction Films, Amet Entertainment, Blue Box International
Release Date Nov 5, 2021
Duration 1 h 36 m
Genres
Tagline Saving a prisoner to save the world.
Website https://cityonfire.com/scott-adkins-re-teams-with-eliminators-james-nunn-for-single-continuous-take-actioner-one-shot-also-starring-ashley-greene-and-ryan-phillippe/
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