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Year:
Duration:
111 min
Genres:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Robert Schwentke
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 16 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2010-10-15
Filming Locations: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Earnings
Budget: $58,000,000
Opening Weekend: $21,761,408 (USA) (17 October 2010)
Gross: $90,356,857 (USA) (30 January 2011)
Cast
Actor
Character
Bruce Willis
Frank Moses
Mary-Louise Parker
Sarah Ross
Heidi von Palleske
Woman Neighbor
Karl Urban
William Cooper
Chris Owens
Hanged Man
Rebecca Pidgeon
Cynthia Wilkes
Morgan Freeman
Joe Matheson
Jaqueline Fleming
Marna
Randy Wade Kelley
Paramedic
Jason Giuliano
Endercott
Alec Rayme
Cop at Intersection
Lawrence Turner
Retirement Home Assassin
Emily Kuroda
Mrs. Chan
Joe Chrest
Retirement Home Detective
Justine Wachsberger
Nurse
Tara Yelland
Wilkes' Secretary
Ernest Borgnine
Henry, The Records Keeper
Jefferson Brown
Fred
John Malkovich
Marvin Boggs
Audrey Wasilewski
Businesswoman
James Remar
Gabriel Singer
Dmitry Chepovetsky
Surveillance Tech
Matthew Olver
Surveillance Tech
Brian Cox
Ivan Simonov
Jason Weinberg
Lead CIA Tactical Officer
Tony De Santis
Security Chief (as Tony DeSantis)
Greg Bryk
Firefighter
Helen Mirren
Victoria
Richard Dreyfuss
Alexander Dunning
Neil Whitely
FBI Commander (as Neil Whiteley)
Robert Morse
Interrogator
Joshua Peace
Interrogation Surveillance Tech
Michelle Nolden
Michelle Cooper
Jake Goodman
Cooper's Son
Tess Goodman
Cooper's Daughter
Desiree Beausoleil
Security Woman
Laura de Carteret
Fundraiser Greeter (as Laura De Carteret)
Jonathan Walker
Agent Burbacher
Julian McMahon
Robert Stanton
Murray McRae
Intro Speaker
Cindy Dukoff
Banquet Guest
Thomas Mitchell
Lone Agent
Bernadette Couture
Agent
Chavis Brown
Agent
Aaron Khon
Agent
George Kash
Band Member
John Marmora
Band Member
Ron Johnston
Band Member
Johnny McLeod
Band Member (as John MacLeod)
Steve McDade
Band Member
Bob DeAngelis
Band Member
Bob Reeves
Band Member
Leo Sullivan
Band Member
Mark Ferguson
Band Member
Anthony Marmora
Band Member
Lenny Solomon
Band Member
Valerie Winn
Band Member
D'Arcy Allen
New Orleans Police Officer (uncredited)
Brooke Bezick
Bus Station Patron (uncredited)
Charlotte Biggs
Train Station Passenger (uncredited)
Benjamin Blankenship
Meldova Solider (uncredited)
Basilina Butler
Phone Operator (uncredited)
Felder Charbonnet
Paramedic
Joseph Cintron
CIA Agent (uncredited)
Jamie Ferenczi
Pension Office Cubical Worker (uncredited)
David Fultz
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Emily D. Haley
Onlooker
Gene Kevin Hames Jr.
Soldier (uncredited)
Randy Herman
Suite (uncredited)
Anthony Mark Johnson
New Orleans Police Officer (uncredited)
Paul Kendall
Secret Service (uncredited)
Kevin Kent
Moldovan Army Soldier (uncredited)
John C. Klein
Onlooker
Jameson Kraemer
CIA Doctor (uncredited)
Laurie Lee
Train Station Traveler (uncredited)
Christopher Maddison
Russian Guard (uncredited)
Tadhg McMahon
CIA Tactical Officer (uncredited)
Ritchie Montgomery
Pharmacist (uncredited)
Jay Oliver
Resident at St Vincents (uncredited)
Johnny Otto
Detective (uncredited)
B.J. Parker
Police Officer (uncredited)
James Rawlings
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Patrick Rogers
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Dan Shea
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Adam Sibley
Russian Soldier (uncredited)
Lawanda Smith
Train Station Traveler (uncredited)
Logan Douglas Smith
Detective (uncredited)
Terry Lee Smith
Pedestrian (uncredited)
James Lesley Taylor
Train Station Traveler (uncredited)
Nancy E.L. Ward
Sarah's Supervisor
Did you know?
Trivia
The first feature theatrical film based on a DC comics property not made by Warner Bros.. (Batman: The Movie (1966) (from Fox) was a spin-off from a TV series, and Superman (1948) (from Columbia) was a serial.)
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The business jet shown in the movie is Dassault Falcon 900EX. Registration number N900EX is used by Dassault as a corporate number and it is canceled after the aircraft is sold to a client.
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In Frank's safe box that he digs up, the top passport is a South African passport. The wet team that tries to kill Frank are South African.
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Goofs
When Sarah Ross gets home from her date, she opens a new can of Corona Extra, takes two drinks, then throws the can at Frank. The can is empty.
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As William Cooper enters the Vice President's party his security ear piece is clearly visible, on the other side of the door it's gone.
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When the CD recording of Alexander Dunning's humanitarian sales pitch skips, it skips like a slowly revolving vinyl record would skip, not like a rapid, stuttering digital CD skip.
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Quotes
Hanged Man: [perched on a chair with a noose around his neck] I can make you rich. Don't you know who I am?
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Frank Moses: It's not that bad, people get shot all the time.
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Frank Moses: [on the phone] 943-66-2291. Pension Services, please.
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Faq
Q
What did Marvin mean by 'wet like peaches' when describing the helicopter flying over his house?
A
The term 'wet' comes from the Russian expression mokroye delo, meaning 'wet job'. It is a spy slang euphemism for murder or assassination and refers to the spilling of blood. KGB and CIA agents who function as assassins may be referred to as 'wet boys' performing 'wet work' as opposed to 'dry work' like intelligence gathering. Why Marvin added 'like peaches' to the term is most likely an allusion to the fact that it is difficult to eat a ripe peach without getting yourself all wet. What he was definitely alluding to is his contention that the helicopter circling over his house held assassins who were looking to kill him.
Q
How did Frank determine that the sequence of numbers did not belong to the Library of Congress?
A
He knew that Library of Congress numbers start with letters, whereas many municipal libraries use the Dewey system, which is generally a decimal number followed by the Cutter number, which generally starts with the first letter of the author's name. Frank recognizes the number on the postcard as being in the Harvard-Yenching cataloging system used for cataloging Asian books. Stuck in the book with that call number is the list of people who were on the Guatemala mission, most of whom are now dead.
Q
How does the movie end?
A
Frank calls CIA agent William Cooper (Karl Urban) and tells him to bring Sarah to him at the Evanston Power Plant in 15 minutes or will kill the Vice President. Cooper arrives alone, but a limo drives up a few minutes later carrying Sarah, Cooper's superior Cynthia Wilkes (Rebecca Pidgeon), Alexander Dunning (Richard Dreyfuss), and several thugs. While Cynthia holds Sarah at gunpoint, Dunning shoots the Vice President, then orders Cooper to cuff Frank and kill both him and Sarah. The plan is to say that Frank shot Stanton, then Cooper shot Frank and Sarah. In return, Cooper will be made head of the CIA. Dunning explains that he is really the mastermind of the assassinations and that he's just using the CIA to carry out the work. Cooper cuffs Frank as ordered but stuffs the key in his hand. When Frank starts walking toward Sarah, Cynthia points her gun at him, but Cooper shoots Cynthia. Frank applies a crushing blow to Dunning's larynx, after which he hugs Sarah as Victoria, Marvin, and Ivan Simonov (Brian Cox) arrive, taking out Dunning's thugs. The five of them depart together, leaving Cooper to handle the Vice President (who is still alive). Later, in the car, Marvin says he has a feeling that something terrible is going to happen, but Frank says that it can't be that bad because, for the first time, no one is following and trying to kill them. Ivan then reminds Frank of a favor he is owed and asks for his help with 'a small nuclear problem' in Moldova. In the final scene, Marvin and Frank are racing through a Moldovan field, Frank pushing a wheelbarrow containing a nuclear warhead and Marvin wearing a dress, and being shot at by the Moldovan army. 'Next time,' Marvin yells, 'your girlfriend can wear the dress!'
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