The Courier

Name: The Courier
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: November 22, 2019
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 15
Cast: Alicia Agneson, Amit Shah, Calliope Jane Taylor, Craig Conway, Dermot Mulroney

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Lionsgate | Release Date: November 22, 2019 | R

Starring: Alicia Agneson, Amit Shah, Calliope Jane Taylor, Craig Conway, Dermot Mulroney, Gary Oldman, Gordon Alexander, Greg Orvis, Joel Michaely, Lee Charles, Neil Chapelhow, Olga Kurylenko, William Moseley

Summary: A vicious crime boss (Gary Oldman) out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him, hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier (Olga Kurylenko) to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.

Director: Zackary Adler

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Noel Murray

Nov 21, 2019

As the heroine of the chase thriller The Courier, Olga Kurylenko brings a lot of personal magnetism and awesome athleticism — and she needs to, because her director, Zackary Adler, has stuck her in an action movie that rarely moves. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Nov 21, 2019

This is another cinematic slab of sound and fury signifying nothing. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 19, 2019

Oldman delivers his lines with a strange lethargy and tonelessness, as if – just before speaking – he has just realised that income tax will have to be deducted from his fee. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Nov 21, 2019

Stridently dumb action thriller. Read full review

Rex Reed

Nov 22, 2019

Gary Oldman, in the worst performance of his career, plays a one-eyed slum lord and master villain named Ezekiel Mannings. Read full review

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MeritCoba

Aug 2, 2020

Surely, a crazed monkey savaged the footage because what is with the cinematography in this movie? It has this unpleasant nervousness about it as it goes from wide shots to extreme close ups and changed angles in matter of seconds. Who films this way? That is something you do to spice upSurely, a crazed monkey savaged the footage because what is with the cinematography in this movie? It has this unpleasant nervousness about it as it goes from wide shots to extreme close ups and changed angles in matter of seconds. Who films this way? That is something you do to spice up your action scenes or to create tension, not as your modus operandi. This reminds me of that shaky-cam rage that became the fashion some time back so everything was shot that way, even if it was just some guy taking a leak.
It gets even worse when boring parts are spiced up with music that is totally inappropriate. Instead of ditching superfluous scenes they just add hyped music to it. Why? Because you ran out of footage?
Oh and you know this is going to be bad when, after the opening scene that has Oldman mumble some lines in a church, the movie needs to tell you that the next scene is set in London, the United Kingdom. It was the first and the last laugh. What is next? Berlin, the capital of Germany in Europe? Tokyo, capital of Japan in Asia on planet Earth in the Milky Way? Is the audience supposed to be that stupid?
Oh and it has this super frail actress who goes mano a mano with men twice her bulk and a head taller. Can't she not just be smart? Or nimble? Or skilled? And Gary Oldman is in this too. He looks like Jeff 'the Dude' from the Big Lebowski, but mumbles his lines as if he is checked out or wasted. He is doing a Freeman here. I gave this a few points because the cast(except Oldman) does their best, especially the lead. It is not their fault that the rest sucks(and you too, Oldman).… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jan 12, 2021

Holy **** that was awful.

Films like this make feel bad about Gary Oldman and the lousy scripts he has to accept to make a living.

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Broyax

Apr 11, 2020

Oh putain, l'indigence de ce nanar, ça troue le cul ! on dirait qu'on se prend toute une plaquette de suppositoires à la queue-leu-leu, en file indienne, les uns après les autres... avec la plaquette. Pourtant, on espérait quelque chose... rien de mirobolant mais quoi... Olga en cuir sur uneOh putain, l'indigence de ce nanar, ça troue le cul ! on dirait qu'on se prend toute une plaquette de suppositoires à la queue-leu-leu, en file indienne, les uns après les autres... avec la plaquette. Pourtant, on espérait quelque chose... rien de mirobolant mais quoi... Olga en cuir sur une grosse moto, enfin quoi, ça donne envie quoi !

Sauf que... "non mais allo quoi !" comme dirait l'autre ispice di counnasse, allo le putain de film, il est passé où ?!... non, inutile de répondre, le comique troupier a ses limites ! et qu'est-ce que Gary le vieil homme est venu faire dans cette galère qui prend l'eau de toutes parts ? je sais bien, un vieux, faut que ça mange mais quand même. Pauvre vieux.

Quel navet effrayant en tout cas... on dirait un sale téléfilm boulotté par deux huitièmes jours un lundi férié ! oui, ça craint !… Expand

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