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  • 2019
  • R
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Cal (Jai Courtney) is a by-the-book police officer who, along with his close-knit group of childhood friends, makes ends meet as a Marine Corps reservist. When Cal’s reckless younger half-brother, Oyster, is arrested after a bar fight and given an unfair prison sentence, Cal – driven by his loyalty to family and fierce code of honor – fi...

Directed By: Henry Alex Rubin

Written By: Sean Mullin

  • 2019
  • R
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • Lionsgate Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Semper Fi

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Cal (Jai Courtney) is a by-the-book police officer who, along with his close-knit group of childhood friends, makes ends meet as a Marine Corps reservist. When Cal’s reckless younger half-brother, Oyster, is arrested after a bar fight and given an unfair prison sentence, Cal – driven by his loyalty to family and fierce code of honor – fi...

Directed By: Henry Alex Rubin

Written By: Sean Mullin

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Oct 3, 2019
The movie’s most memorable material is also more grounded.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 4, 2019
Though professionally smooth in execution, Semper Fi has the frustrating sum impact of a movie at fundamental conflict with itself.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 4, 2019
Semper Fi is best when it sticks with the journeys of the individual characters, each with their own backstory and struggles. These men have always known each other. But something goes wrong along the way, and Semper Fi suddenly decides it wants to be another kind of movie. The transition doesn't work.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 3, 2019
The two elements never mesh convincingly, proving neither substantial enough to work as compelling drama nor sufficiently suspenseful as action-thriller.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
44
Oct 3, 2019
It gets through its storyline and makes its underscrutinized points about fidelity — it’s right there in a title — and then it’s over, and the only thing we have to show for it is a missed opportunity to let these characters reveal their inner selves for more than three minutes.
By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Sparkhouse Media, Rumble Films (II), Concourse Media, Metalnet Productions
Release Date Oct 4, 2019
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
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