One of Netflix‘s more overlooked and underrated original movies of last year was Mosul, the directorial debut of World War Z and Deepwater Horizon writer Matthew Michael Carnahan. The story follows a rookie cop plunged into the deep end when he’s welcomed into an elite Swat unit who patrol the streets of the titular war-torn Iraqi city, where they embark on a dangerous mission.
The grounded and gritty action thriller went down a storm with critics, as it currently holds an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and troubled the streaming service’s Top 10 most-watched list for a couple of weeks when it was released at the end of November. However, several members of the cast have since revealed that they and their families have faced threats on social media from people claiming to be affiliated with Isis.
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out,...
The grounded and gritty action thriller went down a storm with critics, as it currently holds an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and troubled the streaming service’s Top 10 most-watched list for a couple of weeks when it was released at the end of November. However, several members of the cast have since revealed that they and their families have faced threats on social media from people claiming to be affiliated with Isis.
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Joe and Anthony Russo are speaking out about their Netflix action project “Mosul” in the wake of its cast members reportedly receiving death threats from Isis. “Mosul,” produced by the Russo brothers and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, premiered November 26, 2020 on Netflix and went on to become one of the streamer’s most viewed movies in Europe and the Middle East. Starring Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa, “Mosul” is an Iraqi Arabic-language war thriller that follows a Swat police team’s mission to wipe out Isis members who killed their loved ones.
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out, the first day there was a lot from Isis,” Dabbach told Deadline. “They put on a lot of videos and bad words. Like, they have said, now we know you, and you have to watch yourself. Every day, touch your head to make sure it is still on.
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out, the first day there was a lot from Isis,” Dabbach told Deadline. “They put on a lot of videos and bad words. Like, they have said, now we know you, and you have to watch yourself. Every day, touch your head to make sure it is still on.
- 1/13/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Exclusive: There has been a continuing sense of unease and high alert from the stars and filmmakers behind Mosul, the Iraqi-language thriller based on the true tale of an Iraqi Swat police squad that took to the streets to wipe out Isis members to avenge the love ones that unit members lost at the hands of the terror organization. The film made a high-profile Thanksgiving debut on Netflix and became one of the most viewed movies on the site in Europe and the Middle East. Unfortunately with the film’s popularity, several of the stars of the film have seen their social media pages filled with unsettling threats of violence that purport to be coming from members and loyalists of the fractured Isis organization.
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out, the first day there was a lot from Isis,” said Suhail Dabbach,...
“When I posted on my social media that the film was going to come out, the first day there was a lot from Isis,” said Suhail Dabbach,...
- 1/13/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
2020 has proven to be a huge year for Suhail Dubbach. After many years of waiting for a major opportunity, his time has finally come in the form of his role as Jasem in the 2020 Netflix film Mosul. In the movie, Suhail plays a Swat team major and his performance has been hailed by viewers and critics alike. Although he may not be a household name (yet), he certainly deserves to be. His acting skills, professionalism, and poise are on par with some of the biggest names in the industry and make feel that he has a bright future
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- 12/13/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Avengers director duo Joe and Anthony Russo have produced an action film which is quite an antithesis of the fantasy-loaded superhero razzmatazz that has come to be their calling card. Mosul is gritty war drama that remains tantalizingly close to the reality it is carved from. The film is deftly executed, and comes with an important socio-political message about war and its aftermath.
Debutante director Matthew Michael Carnahan, who has also penned the film, focuses on an aspect of war-torn Iraq that is normally not a point of interest for Hollywood. Inspired by a New Yorker article titled The Desperate Battle To Destroy Isis, the filmmaker trains his lens on an Iraqi Swat team's action against Isis, duly dramatized to capture some remarkable war violence in the film's 100-odd-minute runtime.
Around the mid to late 2010s, Mosul, one of Iraq's biggest cities, was overrun by Isis. The organisation, known as Daesh in Iraq,...
Debutante director Matthew Michael Carnahan, who has also penned the film, focuses on an aspect of war-torn Iraq that is normally not a point of interest for Hollywood. Inspired by a New Yorker article titled The Desperate Battle To Destroy Isis, the filmmaker trains his lens on an Iraqi Swat team's action against Isis, duly dramatized to capture some remarkable war violence in the film's 100-odd-minute runtime.
Around the mid to late 2010s, Mosul, one of Iraq's biggest cities, was overrun by Isis. The organisation, known as Daesh in Iraq,...
- 11/29/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Netflix have delivered a solid string of action movies this year, from the heightened superhero antics of Project Power to the gritty comic book fantasy of The Old Guard, but the most popular of them all was Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction, which became the streaming service’s most-watched original film ever.
Helmed by a first-time director and produced through Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo company, there are superficial similarities between Extraction and Matthew Michael Carnahan’s Mosul, but the latter is an altogether more realistic and gripping exercise in tension than Sam Hargrave’s bone-crunching B-movie.
Based on a New Yorker article, Mosul follows an inexperienced cop paired up with an elite Swat team on the streets of the titular Iraqi city. Falling in line with a squad who have ascended to almost mythical status in the eyes of the locals, Adam Bessa’s Kawa is taken under the...
Helmed by a first-time director and produced through Joe and Anthony Russo’s Agbo company, there are superficial similarities between Extraction and Matthew Michael Carnahan’s Mosul, but the latter is an altogether more realistic and gripping exercise in tension than Sam Hargrave’s bone-crunching B-movie.
Based on a New Yorker article, Mosul follows an inexperienced cop paired up with an elite Swat team on the streets of the titular Iraqi city. Falling in line with a squad who have ascended to almost mythical status in the eyes of the locals, Adam Bessa’s Kawa is taken under the...
- 11/26/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has released a harrowing new trailer for Mosul, its upcoming film about an elite group of Iraqi soldiers trying to take down Isis, set to arrive on November 26th.
The film is loosely based on a 2017 New Yorker article about the fight to defeat Isis after it took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, which is the capital of the Nineveh Province. Mosul is centered around an inexperienced Iraqi police officer named Kawa (played by Adam Bessa), who’s rescued during a firefight by the Nineveh Swat team.
The film is loosely based on a 2017 New Yorker article about the fight to defeat Isis after it took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, which is the capital of the Nineveh Province. Mosul is centered around an inexperienced Iraqi police officer named Kawa (played by Adam Bessa), who’s rescued during a firefight by the Nineveh Swat team.
- 11/9/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
"Enter town, then get out of it." Netflix has launched the first official trailer for Mosul, an intense action-thriller directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, an acclaimed screenwriter making his feature directorial debut. This film premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, and also stopped by TIFF, and is produced by the Russo Brothers - Joe & Anthony. One of their first big non-Marvel projects following all the Avengers movies. An extraordinary true story of heroism in the face of overwhelming odds, a police unit from Mosul fights to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of Isis militants. Shot entirely in Arabic - the movie stars Suhail Dabbach (Major Jasem), Adam Bessa (Kawa), Is'haq Elias (Waleed), plus Hayat Kamille, Waleed Elgadi, Thaer Al-Shayei, Ben Affan, and Mohimen Mahbuba. This looks like one hell of a rough & tumble action movie, and I'm so glad they made it without ...
- 11/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We’ve seen plenty of movies about American soldiers taking on terrorists overseas, but in “Mosul,” a run-and-gun, high-octane action film produced by “Avengers” directors the Russo Brothers, the Iraqi cops are the ones defending their homeland from Isis.
“Iraq without Saddam, without Westerners, without terrorists, we need every bullet,” lead actor Suhail Dabbach says in the “Mosul” trailer. “We are the good guys.”
“Mosul,” which is entirely in Arabic, is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo from director and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan, and the film will debut on Netflix on November 26.
It’s a story about an inexperienced Iraqi cop who is rescued by and joins up with the elite Nineveh Swat team after Isis takes his home in Mosul and murders his uncle. Together, he and a team of 10 brothers-in-arms embark on a dangerous guerrilla operation to wipe out an enemy base and restore order to the lawless territory,...
“Iraq without Saddam, without Westerners, without terrorists, we need every bullet,” lead actor Suhail Dabbach says in the “Mosul” trailer. “We are the good guys.”
“Mosul,” which is entirely in Arabic, is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo from director and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan, and the film will debut on Netflix on November 26.
It’s a story about an inexperienced Iraqi cop who is rescued by and joins up with the elite Nineveh Swat team after Isis takes his home in Mosul and murders his uncle. Together, he and a team of 10 brothers-in-arms embark on a dangerous guerrilla operation to wipe out an enemy base and restore order to the lawless territory,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix has acquired “Mosul,” an Iraq War drama funded and produced by Anthony and Joe Russo’s production company Agbo, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap. 101 Studios was originally going to acquire the war drama, but talks fell through. Netflix will release “Mosul” in November 2020.
Matthew Michael Carnahan, who wrote the Agbo film “21 Bridges” starring the late Chadwick Boseman, wrote and directed “Mosul.” It’s inspired by an article in The New Yorker by Luke Mogelson about the Nineveh Swat team, an elite police squad of soldiers composed of local Iraqis all fighting Isis. The drama first premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, followed by Toronto.
Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa star in the film as a police squad moving block by block to reclaim their city from Isis, all while nursing their own personal traumas at the hands of the terrorist group.
Matthew Michael Carnahan, who wrote the Agbo film “21 Bridges” starring the late Chadwick Boseman, wrote and directed “Mosul.” It’s inspired by an article in The New Yorker by Luke Mogelson about the Nineveh Swat team, an elite police squad of soldiers composed of local Iraqis all fighting Isis. The drama first premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, followed by Toronto.
Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa star in the film as a police squad moving block by block to reclaim their city from Isis, all while nursing their own personal traumas at the hands of the terrorist group.
- 10/9/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
101 Studios has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to “Mosul,” an Iraq War drama funded and produced by Anthony and Joe Russo’s production company Agbo, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Matthew Michael Carnahan, who wrote the Agbo film “21 Bridges” starring Chadwick Boseman opening this month, wrote and directed “Mosul.” It’s inspired by an article in The New Yorker by Luke Mogelson about the Nineveh Swat team, an elite police squad of soldiers composed of local Iraqis all fighting Isis. The drama first premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, followed by Toronto, and 101 Studios will now release the film in 2020.
Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa star in the film as a police squad moving block by block to reclaim their city from Isis, all while nursing their own personal traumas at the hands of the terrorist group.
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Matthew Michael Carnahan, who wrote the Agbo film “21 Bridges” starring Chadwick Boseman opening this month, wrote and directed “Mosul.” It’s inspired by an article in The New Yorker by Luke Mogelson about the Nineveh Swat team, an elite police squad of soldiers composed of local Iraqis all fighting Isis. The drama first premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, followed by Toronto, and 101 Studios will now release the film in 2020.
Waleed Elgadi, Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa star in the film as a police squad moving block by block to reclaim their city from Isis, all while nursing their own personal traumas at the hands of the terrorist group.
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- 11/13/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: 101 Studios has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Mosul, the Matthew Michael Carnahan-directed drama that is the among the first films generated by Agbo, the monied production company launched by Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Agbo financed the film, and produced with Condé Nast Entertainment.
Carnahan wrote the script based on a Luke Mogelson article in the New Yorker about an elite police unit made up almost entirely of native sons of Mosul and their desperate fight, block-by-block, to reclaim their city from Isis. All of the men bear physical and emotional scars from having lost loved ones to the terror group — one carries video of his older brother’s beheading by Isis — so they have no shortage of motivation for their thankless heroic job. Mosul was shot in secret this past spring on location in the Middle East by Oscar-winning cinematographer Mauro Fiore (Avatar...
Carnahan wrote the script based on a Luke Mogelson article in the New Yorker about an elite police unit made up almost entirely of native sons of Mosul and their desperate fight, block-by-block, to reclaim their city from Isis. All of the men bear physical and emotional scars from having lost loved ones to the terror group — one carries video of his older brother’s beheading by Isis — so they have no shortage of motivation for their thankless heroic job. Mosul was shot in secret this past spring on location in the Middle East by Oscar-winning cinematographer Mauro Fiore (Avatar...
- 11/13/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
David Glasser's 101 Studios has taken the U.S. distribution rights to Mosul, Matthew Michael Carnahan's directorial debut based on true events, which premiered at Venice before shifting to Toronto.
101 Studios plans a 2020 release for the Arabic-language, Iraq-set thriller that is based on a New Yorker article and was produced by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Mosul, about the real-life members of the Nineveh Swat team, was written and helmed by scribe-turned-director Carnahan (World War Z).
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach lead a film cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora....
101 Studios plans a 2020 release for the Arabic-language, Iraq-set thriller that is based on a New Yorker article and was produced by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Mosul, about the real-life members of the Nineveh Swat team, was written and helmed by scribe-turned-director Carnahan (World War Z).
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach lead a film cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora....
- 11/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
David Glasser's 101 Studios has taken the U.S. distribution rights to Mosul, Matthew Michael Carnahan's directorial debut based on true events, which premiered at Venice before shifting to Toronto.
101 Studios plans a 2020 release for the Arabic-language, Iraq-set thriller that is based on a New Yorker article and was produced by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Mosul, about the real-life members of the Nineveh Swat team, was written and helmed by scribe-turned-director Carnahan (World War Z).
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach lead a film cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora....
101 Studios plans a 2020 release for the Arabic-language, Iraq-set thriller that is based on a New Yorker article and was produced by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Mosul, about the real-life members of the Nineveh Swat team, was written and helmed by scribe-turned-director Carnahan (World War Z).
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach lead a film cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora....
- 11/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo among producers.
Agbo and Condé Nast Entertainment’s Mosul directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan has landed a Us deal with 101 Studios following its Venice world premiere.
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach star among a cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora that charts the true story of an elite police battling Isis for control of their city. The film will open via 101 Studios in 2020.
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo and Mike Larocca of Agbo produced with Jeremy Steckler for Conde Nast Entertainment and Dawn Ostroff. Executive producers are Todd Makurath, Christopher Markus,...
Agbo and Condé Nast Entertainment’s Mosul directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan has landed a Us deal with 101 Studios following its Venice world premiere.
Adam Bessa and Suhail Dabbach star among a cast drawn from the Middle East, North Africa and the Iraqi diaspora that charts the true story of an elite police battling Isis for control of their city. The film will open via 101 Studios in 2020.
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo and Mike Larocca of Agbo produced with Jeremy Steckler for Conde Nast Entertainment and Dawn Ostroff. Executive producers are Todd Makurath, Christopher Markus,...
- 11/13/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
We present our interviews from the Tiff premiere of Iraq war drama Mosul, telling the harrowing story of the occupation of the city of Mosul from 2014 to 2017. The film was written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan., and produced by Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo. The film stars Waleed Elgadi, Hayat Kamille, Suhail Dabbach, Adam Bessa, Mohimen Mahbuba, Ben Affan and Isaac Elias.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and these are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
Between 2014 and 2017, Isis occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul. During those years, the only group to fight the occupiers continuously was Nineveh province’s Swat unit, made up of local men who had either been injured or had a family member killed by Isis. Carnahan’s Mosul is a gripping tribute to these fighters for whom the incentives were intensely personal. Kawa (Adam Bessa), a 21-year-old police officer,...
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and these are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
Between 2014 and 2017, Isis occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul. During those years, the only group to fight the occupiers continuously was Nineveh province’s Swat unit, made up of local men who had either been injured or had a family member killed by Isis. Carnahan’s Mosul is a gripping tribute to these fighters for whom the incentives were intensely personal. Kawa (Adam Bessa), a 21-year-old police officer,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Russo Brothers are using the clout they earned from directing “Avengers: Endgame” and several other Marvel movies to get some interesting projects off the ground. Take “Mosul,” a jittery, intense thriller about an elite group of Iraqi soldiers facing off against Isis in a bombed-out city. There’s little about the film, which relies on a cast of unknown actors, all of whom speak only Arabic, that screams blockbuster.
“We know it’s unconventional,” said Anthony Russo, who, along with his brother Joe Russo, produced “Mosul” through their company Agbo. “But we hope that the global cinema market is open to new ideas and excited by new ideas.
“Joe and I want to use the capital we’ve built up to help films like this find an audience and get made,” he added.
There were other risks involved. Matthew Michael Carnahan had written the scripts to hits and notable...
“We know it’s unconventional,” said Anthony Russo, who, along with his brother Joe Russo, produced “Mosul” through their company Agbo. “But we hope that the global cinema market is open to new ideas and excited by new ideas.
“Joe and I want to use the capital we’ve built up to help films like this find an audience and get made,” he added.
There were other risks involved. Matthew Michael Carnahan had written the scripts to hits and notable...
- 9/8/2019
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
At the end of the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Matthew Michael Carnahan’s Mosul, the men of the cast embraced one another. As a packed Sala Grande began a seven-minute standing ovation for the movie, the cast members stood to soak in their moment. In the row behind them, producers Joe and Anthony Russo, who had developed the original New Yorker article on which the film is based, snapped a photo of the emotional scene in front of them. It was “electric”, Joe Russo said later. “They were sobbing. And so was I. It was a beautiful moment.”
In the middle of the throng was Suhail Dabbach, the Iraqi actor whose history with his home country’s political strife made Mosul all the more personal. It is felt in his performance in the movie, as Colonel Jasem, the leader of a band of Iraqi Swat policemen who take the fight against Isis personally,...
In the middle of the throng was Suhail Dabbach, the Iraqi actor whose history with his home country’s political strife made Mosul all the more personal. It is felt in his performance in the movie, as Colonel Jasem, the leader of a band of Iraqi Swat policemen who take the fight against Isis personally,...
- 9/7/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Mosul’ Review: Anthony and Joe Russo Present an Intense but Impersonal Actioner About Fighting Isis
It’s often said that specificity is the key to making something feel universal. It’s much less often said that universality is the key to making something feel specific. Matthew Michael Carnahan’s intense, relentless, and undeniably visceral “Mosul” — which takes both of these approaches at the same time as if trying to flank the truth from each side — provides all the evidence you’d ever need as to why that might be the case.
A true enough story inspired by Luke Mogelson’s 2017 New Yorker article “The Desperate Battle to Destroy Isis,” “Mosul” is essentially about a renegade Iraqi police unit who disobey orders and push towards the heart of darkness in order to save what’s left of their beloved home city. It is, so far as this critic can tell, the most accurate dramatization of an anti-Isis street fight that has ever been committed to the screen.
A true enough story inspired by Luke Mogelson’s 2017 New Yorker article “The Desperate Battle to Destroy Isis,” “Mosul” is essentially about a renegade Iraqi police unit who disobey orders and push towards the heart of darkness in order to save what’s left of their beloved home city. It is, so far as this critic can tell, the most accurate dramatization of an anti-Isis street fight that has ever been committed to the screen.
- 9/5/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
There may be few directors with more one-for-them, one-for-me chips to cash in than Marvel’s in-house brothers, Joe and Anthony Russo. Which makes sense, of course. When your last two movies cleared nearly $5 billion at the global box office, you begin to develop a thing called clout.
Now with both “Avengers” films in the rearview mirror, they’re making good on some hard-won sway — in this case, producing screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan’s directorial debut, the ripped-from-the-headlines war drama “Mosul.”
On paper, “Mosul” does indeed sound like the kind of project that could use a few patrons willing to take risks. Adapted from a 2017 New Yorker article about an elite Iraqi Swat team taking the fight to Isis, this is an Arabic-language film without a single recognizable performer, set entirely in the concrete remnants of a bombed-out city. The major studios aren’t exactly rushing to make those.
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Now with both “Avengers” films in the rearview mirror, they’re making good on some hard-won sway — in this case, producing screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan’s directorial debut, the ripped-from-the-headlines war drama “Mosul.”
On paper, “Mosul” does indeed sound like the kind of project that could use a few patrons willing to take risks. Adapted from a 2017 New Yorker article about an elite Iraqi Swat team taking the fight to Isis, this is an Arabic-language film without a single recognizable performer, set entirely in the concrete remnants of a bombed-out city. The major studios aren’t exactly rushing to make those.
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- 9/4/2019
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Joe and Anthony Russo might have chosen to rest on their laurels for the rest of this year, having turned Avengers: Endgame into the highest grossing movie in cinema history. Instead, they continue to develop projects at their new studio, Agbo, which is financed to tell the kind of stories they have always been attracted to: disparate narratives of many different sizes and scales, but all of them connected to the human experience.
The first such project to release since the madness of Endgame’s launch will be Mosul, which makes its world premiere in Venice this week. Directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, the film is based on a New Yorker article—aptly called “The Avengers of Mosul” when it appeared in print—about an elite Iraqi Swat team who fought back against the rise of Isis, with each of their number having faced loss or injury at the hands of the terrorist group.
The first such project to release since the madness of Endgame’s launch will be Mosul, which makes its world premiere in Venice this week. Directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, the film is based on a New Yorker article—aptly called “The Avengers of Mosul” when it appeared in print—about an elite Iraqi Swat team who fought back against the rise of Isis, with each of their number having faced loss or injury at the hands of the terrorist group.
- 9/2/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
by Kevin Sullivan
In "30 Minutes or Less," which speeds into theaters today, Jesse Eisenberg's character, Nick, has to rob a bank before a bomb strapped to his chest goes off. We won't tell you how it all ends up, but we will tell you that Mr. Eisenberg is in pretty good company -- plenty of other film characters have found themselves in similar situations that occasionally found happy endings, but frequently ended in a fiery blaze.
Check out some of Eisenberg's bomb-bastic cinematic contemporaries after the jump!
Annie (Sandra Bullock) in "Speed"
Situation: After escaping the booby trapped bus that couldn't drive slower than 50 miles per hour, Annie gets kidnapped by the bomber (Dennis Hopper), strapped into a pressure-sensitive bomb and is handcuffed to a subway pole.
Outcome: Jack (Keanu Reeves) comes to the rescue, disarming the bomb and getting the girl, but not before knocking the bad guy's...
In "30 Minutes or Less," which speeds into theaters today, Jesse Eisenberg's character, Nick, has to rob a bank before a bomb strapped to his chest goes off. We won't tell you how it all ends up, but we will tell you that Mr. Eisenberg is in pretty good company -- plenty of other film characters have found themselves in similar situations that occasionally found happy endings, but frequently ended in a fiery blaze.
Check out some of Eisenberg's bomb-bastic cinematic contemporaries after the jump!
Annie (Sandra Bullock) in "Speed"
Situation: After escaping the booby trapped bus that couldn't drive slower than 50 miles per hour, Annie gets kidnapped by the bomber (Dennis Hopper), strapped into a pressure-sensitive bomb and is handcuffed to a subway pole.
Outcome: Jack (Keanu Reeves) comes to the rescue, disarming the bomb and getting the girl, but not before knocking the bad guy's...
- 8/12/2011
- by MTV Movies Team
- MTV Movies Blog
Jeremy Renner humbly downplays his accomplishments, saying he's "maybe lucky." But you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who can deny what the star of "The Hurt Locker" has done with the role garnering him so much acclaim this year. It's a virtuoso performance that's already earned him Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations and a Hollywood Breakthrough Award for best actor.Renner portrays Staff Sgt. William James in the war thriller from writer Mark Boal, charting the last weeks of an Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal squad's tour during the current Iraq War. James is a bomb specialist who is himself a live wire, creating no small amount of consternation in his new squad mates, Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Eldridge (Brian Geraghty).Renner has played the rogue before, in the 2003 action film "S.W.A.T.," but an earlier, little-seen independent landed Renner where he is today. "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow decided he...
- 12/10/2009
- backstage.com
Ka-blooey! (Or more like, Ka-boom!) That’s what you’ll probably be seeing and hearing a lot from Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War-set “The Hurt Locker”, which is being sold as an action film that just happens to be set in Iraq during the war. It’s actually the smart way to go, considering how badly the recent spate of Iraq War-set films have done at the box office. Here are some new images and a new poster for the film. Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, Christian Camargo, Suhail Aldabbach, and Evangeline Lilly. Kathryn Bigelow (”Point Break”) directs. Get hurt June 26.
- 4/28/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
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