The Courier

2012

Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 11%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 11% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 5411 5.4K

amnesia new orleans, louisiana briefcase arrest flashback revenge

Plot summary

A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.

Director

Hany Abu-Assad Photo
Hany Abu-Assad

Top cast

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Photo
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Courier
Mickey Rourke Photo
Mickey Rourke as Maxwell
Miguel Ferrer Photo
Miguel Ferrer as Mr. Capo
Til Schweiger Photo
Til Schweiger as Lispy
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
873.71 MB
1280*542
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 1
1.75 GB
1918*812
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by digdog-785-717538 6 / 10

I liked it. And it doesn't have Tom Cruise.

OK this film isn't bad.The first reason why it's disappointing it's because - just like Black Death (2010) - it tries to "keep it real" way too much .. films need escapism, to a point, and here it almost seems that they decided to go full speed for the not-Hollywood look.Now i'm not one to defend Hollywood, but what kills this film is that the direction is poor; it fails to capitalise on the realism, instead giving me a film that looks like an amateur production. Some of the shots are truly amateurish, and often the camera-work fails to make a scene interesting.Having said that, The Courier isn't half bad, there are plenty things i liked in it, from the fight moves to the casting (the lead is a bit wooden, the girl fits the part OK~ish, the detective is perfect), and the whole production is pretty decent.I also don't subscribe to the whole "it's full of cliché'" thing; if anything, it tries to avoid clichés in a film genre where everything has already been done. All in all, i can say that it's an interesting film to watch, even though i get the feeling the director has a background in TV - seriously, you (whomever you are) truly murdered what could have been an interesting flick.So, after all considerations, i give The Courier a decent 6/10 - better than MI3, and no Tom Cruise.
Reviewed by suite92 6 / 10

Amnesiac confronts his identity; reasonable film, but please no sequel.

The opening sequence in the amusement park was so-so. It had the dusty smell of comic book turned live action, but not in a good way.While Stitch is binding up his wounds from the opening sequence, The Courier gets a new case. He's offered 120,000 USD if he succeeds; if not, people who like him, but don't know his criminal associations, will be enlightened, but not in a good way. So he takes the job.The Courier (can't remember his name or early life) gets a clue to the whereabouts of his target, Evil Sivle (oi, Elvis Live) from the Internet, plus some porous online databases. Before leaving his base in New Orleans, he gets some serious hand weapons, and transportation in the form of a stolen key to a private propeller plane. Anna flies him to St Louis since Stitch sent her. He finds the person he wanted to talk to, but a hit man arrives and kills the contact. On the body of the hit man, The Courier finds a sheet of paper with three pictures on it; these are his next clues.Anna and the Courier fly to their next city, which is New Orleans, where he started. The hit man already took out his target in Lake Charles, St Louis was his second successful stop, New Orleans his third. The Courier finds his last hope of a contact, but Mr and Mrs Capo are in hot pursuit. They manage to escape for a while, and the Courier gets a little information linking Evil Sivle and Maxwell. Then the hit succeeds, and the Courier spends time with the police. He uses the stay to borrow police computers to get information on Evil Sivle (Connor Maxwell), who is Maxwell's son by adoption or some bogus common law sort of thing.The chase goes on and on. The Capos have to be dealt with, and Maxwell has to be found. Supposing the Courier succeeds, will he deliver the package? -----Scores------Cinematography: 8/10 Dark, gloomy, but well-shot.Sound: 7/10 Eh, OK.Acting: 6/10 There are some good actors here: Mickey Rourke, Mark Margolis, Lily Taylor, Miguel Ferrer, and Josie Ho; Jeffrey Dean Morgan is not so bad either. So, what happened? The screenplay is too simplistic and not up to the quality of the actors.Screenplay: 4/10 The closing credits were extra long due to large number of producers on the film. 'Too many cooks spoil the broth.' Perhaps too many producers (or not enough direction) spoil the film. The ending was easily predictable, no surprise at all, but did beg for a sequel, which I hope will not come.
Read more IMDb reviews

2 Comments

Be the first to leave a comment