VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

todorflex To start with, I really liked the movie. Not because of the slightly far-fetched plot, but mostly for the fact that Penn once again proved he is really a powerhouse actor. I appreciate the fact that this film focused to a great extent on his acting and not on special effects and computer animation as most action movies tend to do these days. I read some critical reviews focusing mostly on his age and the not so familiar to the large audience Jasmine Trinca. I think she did great as well. I guess most people today will not appreciate an action film unless it is "action" all the way through. I have seen movies with really meaningless plots getting rated a lot higher. Anyway, in my humble opinion, Sean Penn is still one of the best and charismatic actors that have appeared on screen and he proved it once again as his acting is still great in The Gunman.

puchu At first it is hard to imagine Sean Penn in an action film and harder in a lead marksman role, but then I watched this . Wow, but I don't get how such a good almost full in all aspects action film could get 5.8 !!!! May be people lost their taste of a realistic action film. It's certainly 7-8 stars. If we consider Penn's role only, it's flawless, the other actors could have done better job.Except Sean Penn other actors kind of look faded, a bit more prominent action star group could have made this film better. The guys in negative role did an okay job but kind of pulled down the overall hotness of the film. The beginning of film seemed kind of a bit too little too short and a little more action and length in the beginning context would certainly do more favour to the overall story line.

feelinesound Pretty hard to fathom why this film got such a bad rap in the media while too many cheesy formulaic crowdpleasers from the Hollywood hit factory get 4 and 5 stars from well reputed outlets. This is a smart, superbly cast and extremely well shot international thriller - the sort that rarely gets made these days - and why such an intelligent production that actually aims to be credible and somewhat educative scores so much lower with critics than the endless parade of Bonds and Furious 7's with their ridiculous jumping cars and chewed up one liners, I have no idea. For once the story and script are actually believable, a rarity in modern action cinema, and Penn and Bardem give great performances that are perfectly matched by beautiful dynamic cinematography of a fair few exotic locations.I'm not easy to please with thrillers and action movies but found this one utterly enjoyable.

rjsf96 From the Director of the original Taken comes what is essentially Taken 2.0, re-skinned, rehashed and re-marketed for a different audience to puke back up. But this is Penn's show, a self-obsessed project. Highlighting what a great human being he is. Look at all the humanitarian work he does! Protect the environment! Guns are bad! The last statement though, isn't entirely true. Penn uses guns many a time, so its message is somewhat conflicted. Like the overall point of the film. What are the filmmakers really trying to say about the current economic climate? The answer though is simple and its, well nothing.Penn's character, a bland individual that doesn't deserve the honour of being named, is an ex-sniper or gunman if you like. He's out of the business. For good. That is until his demons of the past force him to confront his fears and health problems. Because what would an action film be without an aged actor, mediocre director and the threat of heart problems in the long run?The Gunman is solid proof that Hollywood has run out of new ideas. Instead the film plays out like a poor man's Bourne Identity, not stylish enough to offer thrills, nor thoughtful enough to make a meaningful statement about the economy. Instead it ponders along boring everyone in its wake. Maybe I would like The Gunman more if it didn't insult my intelligence at every turn, didn't bore me from tears and didn't make me long for the days of Liam Neeson as an action hero. That's how bad this film is. Take note because with a poor script, inflated runtime, zero characterisation and a dull po faced story, The Gunman is not worth your time or money.D