The Courier

11/22/20191h 39m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Don't shoot the messenger. ~

Overview:

Ezekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier 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

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$4,700,862.00

Key words:

london, england
crime boss
courier

Cast

Olga Kurylenko

~ as ~

The Courier

Gary Oldman

~ as ~

Ezekiel Mannings

Dermot Mulroney

~ as ~

Special Agent Roberts

William Moseley

~ as ~

Agent Bryant

Alicia Agneson

~ as ~

Agent Simmonds

Amit Shah

~ as ~

Nick Murch

Craig Conway

~ as ~

Agent Parlow

Lee Charles

~ as ~

Fripp

Joel Michaely

~ as ~

Alan Green

Greg Orvis

~ as ~

The Sniper

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Reviews (2)

JPV852
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
Half decent action-thriller though the dialogue was poor and the performance by the lead henchman (played by William Moseley), a proxy antagonist with Gary Oldman's character under "house arrest", was awful and came across as a whiny bitch than anything intimidating.

On the plus side, I did like both Olga Kurylenko and Amit Shah, and Oldman for his part, which he likely filmed all of his scenes in one day, had his moments, at least.

The fight choreography wasn't bad and did like they avoided using CGI blood splatter too much and used actual squids instead. All in all, it wasn't terrible and served as a passable action-thriller. 3.0/5
r96sk
Written 7 month(s) ago
5
Olga Kurylenko almost makes it work. Almost.

'The Courier' makes for disappointing viewing, there isn't an element of it that I personally could file under 'good'. The aforementioned Kurylenko does try and her character is almost cool enough to make things watchable, but ultimately it's just all unconvincing.

The, for the most part, one location is also an hindrance, for both Kurylenko's side of the story and for Gary Oldman's bit. Oldham's character is very lame, I at least had minimal interest in watching the lead but everything involving Mannings utterly bored me, to be honest.

The iffy performances from Amit Shah and William Moseley don't help events either, while any Dermot Mulroney fans will be unhappy as that man gets a minuscule amount of screen time; I know it's none of my business, but I would be fascinated to see how much he got paid for this.

The editing is also quite whiplash-y, particularly across the opening half of the movie. The music is OK, if only due to the opening and closing credits. Safe to see, this title got served far greater stuff from the 2020 namesake with Dominic Cooke and Benedict Cumberbatch!