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Freelance

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• Action
• Comedy

• 2023
• Pierre Morel
• 108 mins
• 15

Summary

An ex special forces operator takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but, a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle where they must survive.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

The director of Taken, Pierre Morel, is at the helm of this so-so action comedy. John Cena plays Mason Pettits, a US special forces operative-turned-lawyer and family man. Dissatisfied with his life, he's approached by an old army buddy (Christian Slater) to take on a private-security gig, protecting journalist Claire (Alison Brie) as she interviews Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba), the leader of a (fictional) South American country. But soon after arrival, Mason and Claire find themselves in the middle of a coup. Though Freelance develops from pumped-up and patriotic to more politically clued-up, it's an uneven effort that feels both rushed and overlong. Cena's flat performance weighs things down and there's a pitifully underwritten role for Alice Eve as Mason's wife. However, the film is near-salvaged by a charismatic turn from Raba as the affable dictator who upends Mason's assumptions. Whether traversing the jungle in a spotless suit or pouring a round of drinks during a shoot-out, Raba's broadly comedic presence comes close to making this all worthwhile.

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5.6/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameMason PettitsJohn CenaClaire WellingtonAlison BriePresident Juan VenegasJuan Pablo RabaSebastian EarleChristian SlaterJenny PettitsAlice EveColonel Jan KoehorstMarton Csokas

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rolenameDirectorPierre Morel

Details

Released on

2023-11-09

Languages

English | Quechua | Afrikaans | French | Spanish

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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