Welcome to the Punch

3/27/20131h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A stunning, intelligent thriller ~

Overview:

When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.

Director:

Eran Creevy

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$8,500,000.00

Revenue:

$3,900,000.00

Key words:

assassin
detective
heist
conspiracy
criminal

Cast

James McAvoy

~ as ~

Max Lewinsky

Mark Strong

~ as ~

Jacob Sternwood

David Morrissey

~ as ~

Thomas Geiger

Peter Mullan

~ as ~

Roy Edwards

Daniel Mays

~ as ~

Nathan Bartnick

Andrea Riseborough

~ as ~

Sarah Hawks

Daniel Kaluuya

~ as ~

Juka Ogadowa

Ruth Sheen

~ as ~

Iris Warns

Jason Flemyng

~ as ~

Harvey Crown

Elyes Gabel

~ as ~

Ruan Sternwood

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
When his son is shot, "Sternwood" (Mark Strong) has to return from his Icelandic hideaway to get to the bottom of it all. That puts him back squarely into the sights of cop "Lewinsky" (James McCoy) who has an old (and painful) grudge. What now ensues is a really formulaic and unimaginative drama, though, as both men realise that they are being played by a higher, manipulative and malevolent power and conclude they are better together. Despite a decent cast, including the usually reliable Andrea Riseborough ("Hawks") it all just fails to ignite. The dark, eerie, photography loses it's potency pretty quickly, as do the flashbacks filling in most of the backstory - leaving us with a pretty generic crime thriller that is pretty light on thrills. Forgettable stuff, sorry.