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Survivor

  • 2015
  • PG-13
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
37K
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Pierce Brosnan and Milla Jovovich in Survivor (2015)
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. And that puts her in the line of fire: targeted for death, framed for crimes she didn't commit, discredited and on the run. Now she must find a way to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square.
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A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York City, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York City, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York City, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

  • Director
    • James McTeigue
  • Writer
    • Philip Shelby
  • Stars
    • Milla Jovovich
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Dylan McDermott
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    37K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • James McTeigue
    • Writer
      • Philip Shelby
    • Stars
      • Milla Jovovich
      • Pierce Brosnan
      • Dylan McDermott
    • 203User reviews
    • 75Critic reviews
    • 28Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Survivor: Make Sure He Doesn't Follow Us
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      • James McTeigue
    • Writer
      • Philip Shelby
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    6rupak_speaking

    Not Unworthy Of Your Time

    It is certainly not as bad as the ratings and majority of the reviews suggest. Yes, there are lots of plot holes to find, but I believe a movie should be judged by its entertainment quotient rather than its bullet-proof plot. This one keeps you interested. Brosnan, I felt, was pretty sharp in his role as the assassin and Mila does what she does best, run for cover and retaliate. As I always keep stating, a movie is half as good as its climax, this one though left much to be desired on that front, pretty low key to say the least. I go with a 6/10 for this one.
    6thtsme

    Very watchable

    Granted this movie may not be anything special and it does not deserve a great rate, but there are a lot of hater answers here which are anything but fair.

    The movie is more than watchable. It's an action movie, with not that many twists, (and very few of them unexpected, if any) but has a reasonably good plot, great acting, ok special effects,...

    Those rating this movie below 5 don't really know what a bad movie is. This is not. Many of the flaws some reviewers point out are actually no flaws at all.
    Wizard-8

    Kind of flat thriller

    I am pretty sure that if you have seen your share of thrillers, you will have a great feeling of deja vu while watching "Survivor". The same basic plot has been done many times before. To be fair, there are a few fresh touches, like the fact that the heroine of the movie is not a superwoman, just very smart. And Milla Jovovich does do pretty well in this role. And for what was just reportedly just a $20 million budget, the movie generally looks pretty good. Anyway, I wouldn't have minded that fairly predictable script had the main problem I had with the movie not existed, and that problem is that the movie isn't very exciting or tense enough. There's almost a matter-of-fact feeling throughout. We don't sense that the heroine is in real danger or that something very bad is brewing that could bring a major disaster. Maybe had the budget been higher, the production could have not only put in a few more action sequences, but made them more elaborate, which might have gotten the blood really pumping. This movie really isn't bad, but it's without much needed bite. By the way, fans of Angela Bassett and/or Robert Forster should be warned that they are given precious little to do.
    6sri_charan22

    A Good Thriller

    It's a good thriller movie. I didn't understand the negative responses, nor the logics about the scenes many are writing. This is a movie, well, I prefer everyone to watch and judge by themselves. My verdict: I liked this film, it's one time to watch, good movie. Milla Jovovich action is always good to watch, and Pierce Brosnan can never be disappointing with his roles. This is the work of a nice script and direction. Although the film could be better in many ways if we put intense logics in every scene and action. But who cares, for a normal average viewer (i.e. not the critics or someone who looks for the flaws in any movie), this movie will be a good time pass.
    holdingz1

    HORRID avoid like the plague

    boring from start to finish...........acting as good as statutes and scenes as clear and interesting as mud. This movie is an exemplar of how little imagination throws together actors ending their careers in ignominy. If you can accept and connect the beginning to the plodding plot points that follow perhaps this is the movie for poor you.

    ridiculous plot points arrive one after the other (I do not say one follows the other).

    The writer is identified as Philip Shelby. My bet is this is a made up name. no one involved in something as uncreative as this would allow his name on the

    Watch out of the director, James McTeigue. I looked him up and found him only directing stinkers since V for Vendetta.

    I rated it as high as "2" for a few nicely photographed scenes of New York City on new years eve.

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    • Trivia
      British independent watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin was asked to be a consultant for the scenes where Pierce Brosnan is at a workbench. Upon meeting, Brosnan was so impressed by Speake-Marin that he purchased one of his watches; subsequently, Speake-Marin asked Brosnan to become a brand ambassador, to which he agreed. Brosnan is possibly the most high-profile celebrity to become an ambassador for any independent watchmaker. Prior to his official role as ambassador, Brosnan can be seen wearing a Speake-Marin "Piccadilly" wristwatch during filming, in candid photographs, post-production, and a pink gold model during his Super Bowl XLIX (2015) commercial for Kia. In the movie, the store, located at 29 Bruton Street, is named "PSM Bespoke Watchmakers"; "PSM" is an abbreviation commonly used by Peter Speake-Marin. In 2017, he left the company to focus on an educational enterprise.
    • Goofs
      After the restaurant explosion, the men in charge of the investigation comment that they wouldn't be able to find any information from the security cameras as they were fried by the explosion. Anyone with minimal knowledge of how security camera works knows that there is no information to extract from the camera itself, since the footage is stored on a server's hard drive in a secure location. It seems the writers of this movie are technologically inept.
    • Quotes

      Nash: Fucking technology.

      [clutches wound Kate gave him]

      Nash: Bitch.

    • Crazy credits
      In the three-dimensional animated end credits, images form by flurries of random letters in the background, e.g. of Milla Jovovich's face, the Capitol and the US Foreign Service logo.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of 'Survivor' (2015)
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      Published by Sonoton APM (ASCAP) / Sonoton Music GmbH Co KG (GEMA)

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    • Release date
      • May 29, 2015 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Pashtu
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Phản Sát
    • Filming locations
      • Sofia, Bulgaria
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Millennium Films
      • Winkler Films
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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,638,976
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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