Bauer Martinez Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Summit Entertainment
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Harsh Times
Take A Ride To The Edge
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying to get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend.
- Original title
- Harsh Times
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $2,000,000
- Revenue
- $6,000,000
John Chard
Sep 19, 2019 · via TMDB
I'm a soldier of the apocalypse, man! Harsh Times is written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Chaka Forman, Tammy Trull, J.K. Simmons and Michael Monks. Music is by Graeme Revell and cinematography by Steve Mason. South Central Los Angeles, and best friends Jim Luther Davis (Bale) and Mike Alonzo (Rodriguez) begin hurtling into violence that threatens to derail their respective future plans. This was to be David Ayer's directorial debut, and with him already boasting the writing credit for Training Day, the comparisons between the two are hard to ignore - but that's ok right?! Bale goes full tilt as the unpredictable and unnerving Jim Davis, a scarred Gulf War Veteran on a road to self destruction. Question is, will he take his best friend with him? This is very much about Bale's barn storming show, which while it thrills us greatly, it also hinders the Rodriguez characterisation of Lopez, making the pic a bit lop-sided. Narrative threads focus on the scrapes the pair get into, whilst in the background their love partners are waiting for their men to wake up and commit. Another features Davis suffering bad dreams from the war, all while he is head hunted by Homeland Security after he had failed to get into the LAPD. Davis firmly believes he belongs in the protection business, if only his habit for finding trouble wasn't so prevalent... The violent action scenes are brisk and bloody, marking this out as a hard movie for sure, a hard movie with dialogue to match. Yet it's also a pic laced with black comedy, where there's a perverse pleasure in watching Davis and his not very bright cohort being bad boys. Longoria is not done any favours in the writing, but it's kind of ok since this really is about a friendship spiralling towards a day of reckoning that we obviously know is coming. Which when it comes to us, does not disappoint at all and leaves us some reflecting to do as the adrenaline finally slows down. 7.5/10
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
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Christian Bale
Jim Luther Davis
Freddy Rodríguez
Mike Alonzo
Eva Longoria
Sylvia
Chaka Forman
Toussant
Tammy Trull
Marta
J.K. Simmons
Agent Richards
Michael Monks
Agent Hollenbeck
Samantha Esteban
Letty
Tania Verafield
Patty
Noel Gugliemi
Flaco
Geo Corvera
Wilo
Cesar Garcia
Listo
Terry Crews
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Emilio Rivera
Eddy
Paul Renteria
Ranchero
Craig Ricci Shaynak
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Armando Riesco
Alex
Robert Dahey
Korean Clerk
Sonia Iris Lozada
Gracie
Daniel Edward Mora
Joe
Anthony 'Citric' Campos
Casper
Kenneth Choi
Fujimoto
Asha Kamali
Girl at Party (uncredited)
Curtis A. Koller
Undercover Agent (uncredited)
Kirk Wilson
Army Ranger (uncredited)
Dennis Keiffer
Stunts
David Ayer
Director
Mary Vernieu
Casting
Christian Bale
Executive Producer
Philippe Martinez
Executive Producer
Andrea Sperling
Producer
David Ayer
Producer
Graeme Revell
Original Music Composer
David Ayer
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