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Son of a Gun

2014

Julius Avery

Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Matt Nable ...

5.6

4,228

Thriller. Action Young rookie JR (Brenton Thwaites) is offered protection in prison in exchange for helping notorious criminal Brendan Lynch (Ewan McGregor) with his escape plan. Once on the outside, JR gets sucked deeper into Brendan's criminal world, and finds himself playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with his mentor.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"There's plenty here to like, and to make Avery's next picture a tasty prospect. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"An entertaining if stylistically inconsistent heist pic"	NEU
United Kingdom	Leslie Felperin The Guardian	"McGregor (...) is kind of great as the ruthless antihero, and the action set pieces have plenty of fizz. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"While Avery handles the kinetic action set-piece with impressive swagger for a first-timer, his self-penned screenplay is a major weak point."	NEG
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"It's all put together with a crisp confidence that suggests its writer-director will swiftly move on to bigger things. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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