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'{{Infobox film | name = Survivor | image = Survivor poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[James McTeigue]] | producer = [[Charles Winkler]]<br> [[Irwin Winkler]] | writer = Philip Shelby | starring = [[Milla Jovovich]]<br> [[Pierce Brosnan]]<br> [[Dylan McDermott]]<br> [[Angela Bassett]] | music = [[Ilan Eshkeri]] | cinematography = Danny Ruhlmann | editing = Kate Baird | studio = [[Millennium Films]] | distributor = [[Lionsgate]] | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|5|29|United States|2015|6|5|United Kingdom}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $20 million | gross = }} '''''Survivor''''' is an upcoming 2015 British-American [[Spy film|spy]] [[thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[James McTeigue]]<ref name="Milla Jovovich Touches Down in Milan">{{cite web | url=http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/security-zone-7503481?src=nl/mornReport/20140224 | title=Milla Jovovich Touches Down in Milan | publisher=WWD | date=24 February 2014 | accessdate=24 February 2014 | author=Zargani, Luisa}}</ref> and written by Philip Shelby. The film stars [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Pierce Brosnan]] and [[Dylan McDermott]].<ref name="shootscreendaily" /> The film will be released in the United States on May 29, 2015 in a [[limited release]] and through [[video on demand]] The film will be released in the [[United Kingdom]] on June 5, 2015 <ref name="deadline">http://deadline.com/2015/04/milla-jovovich-pierce-brosnan-survivor-trailer-james-bond-1201403496/</ref> The prologue, in which two Americans in Afghanistan are captured after a helicopter crash, gets the proceedings off to an unpromising start; the poorly staged action and a lack of background density give off the vibe of a videogame cut scene. One of the men is identified as a potential bargaining chip, and his fellow soldier is quickly immolated. Cut to London, several months later, when the U.S. embassy is on orders to be stringent in issuing visas. The embassy’s new security officer, Kate Abbott (Milla Jovovich), is on the lookout for chemical and gas specialists. She quickly casts her suspicions on Emil Balan (Roger Rees), a Romanian doctor who claims to want to visit the U.S. for a medical conference. But Bill Talbot (Robert Forster) dismisses the notion that there’s anything odd about Balan; he carps about the processing backlog and having to come up with excuses when people start missing flights. His motivations seem sketchy at best. Kate’s are personal: In the movie’s tackiest appropriation, she flashes back to a plane crashing into one of the Twin Towers on 9/11. She also keeps a postcard (“Greetings From Windows on the World!”) from friends who died that day. Kate’s inquiries into Balan ruffle feathers, and soon after, a restaurant where she’s dining with her colleagues is bombed. This scene is one of the least convincing in the film, failing to clarify spatially how four of Kate’s tablemates could be killed while she escapes with seemingly only burns and scuff marks. The perpetrator, Nash, already seen at work in a bespoke-timepiece shop, is identified as “the watchmaker,” one of the most-wanted assassins in the world. Given that he’s played by Pierce Brosnan, it’s amusing to hear him described as having “had so much reconstructive surgery, no one knows what the hell he looks like.” The movie finally kicks into gear with Kate’s emergency rendezvous in the area of Kensington Gardens. When her contact there attempts to kill her, she turns the tables and shoots him — only to be photographed by onlookers with camera phones (a scene that seems clearly modeled on the U.N. sequence in “North by Northwest”). This sets off a gripping middle section, as Kate works to unravel a terrorist plot and all of London chases after her. Her main ally is her boss, Sam Parker (Dylan McDermott), who comes to her defense, while a British inspector (James D’Arcy) follows close on her trail and a U.S. ambassador (Angela Bassett) decides that Kate might as well be dispatched. (“If you get her in your sights, do not hesitate.”) Among other instances of adroit London location work, the movie includes an exciting chase through St. Pancras station and its adjoining tube stop, although echoes of the 2005 Underground bombings cast a pall over what should be escapist fare. McTeigue’s crosscutting generates significant suspense as Kate’s pursuers work to revoke her access, often just seconds behind her. But in the New York finale, set on New Year’s Eve — and, to appearances, shot with only a bare minimum of work in Gotham — the movie begins to fizzle again, raising questions of plausibility both minor (foot and street traffic look awfully light) and major (are the villains dragging out their actions for dramatic effect?). The wrap-up, too, seems abrupt, essentially asking viewers to hand-wave the international forces who’ve been marshaled to stop Kate. A closing title card honoring American law enforcement’s antiterrorism efforts feels unearned in the context of a slick chase thriller like this one. The thudding techno score and Danny Ruhlmann’s digital lensing have the effect of making “Survivor” look cheap rather than stylized. (This is one of those films that makes you wonder whether all agents poring over their computers late at night do so with the lights turned off.) But except in some of the sequences discussed above, editor Kate Baird’s cutting is topnotch. == Cast == * [[Milla Jovovich]] as Kate Abbott * [[Pierce Brosnan]] as Nash "The Watchmaker" * [[Dylan McDermott]] as Sam Parker * [[Angela Bassett]] as Ambassador Maureen Crane * [[Robert Forster]] as Bill Talbot * [[James D'Arcy]] as Inspector Paul Anderson * [[Frances de la Tour]] as Sally == Production == The [[principal photography]] of the film ''Survivor'' began on January 20, 2014 in [[London]].<ref name="Milla Jovovich Touches Down in Milan"/><ref name=shootscreendaily>{{cite news|last=Rosser|first=Michael|title=James McTeigue's Survivor begins shoot|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/james-mcteigues-survivor-begins-shoot/5065534.article?referrer=RSS|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=screendaily.com|date=20 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=filmingdarkhorizons>{{cite news|last=Franklin|first=Garth|title=McTeigue's "Survivor" Begins Filming In UK|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/30509/mcteigue-s-survivor-begins-filming-in-uk|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=darkhorizons.com|date=20 January 2014}}</ref> The shooting was done in London for five weeks and then it moved to [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]] for three weeks shooting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Daniels|first=Nia|title=Milla Jovovich in London to shoot Survivor|url=http://www.kftv.com/news/2014/01/21/Milla-Jovovich-in-London-to-shoot-Survivor|accessdate=21 January 2014|newspaper=kftv.com|date=21 January 2014}}</ref> On January 25, 2014 Jovovich was spotted during the filming of the film in London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pierce Brosnan and Milla Jovovich Spotted on the Survivor Set|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=113981|accessdate=25 February 2014|newspaper=comingsoon.net|date=25 January 2014}}</ref> == Release == Alchemy acquired the United States distribution rights to the film on March 20, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|title=James McTeigue Thriller ‘Survivor’ Lands At Alchemy|url=http://deadline.com/2015/03/survivor-movie-james-mcteigue-milla-jovovich-alchemy-1201396153/|accessdate=March 23, 2015|publisher=deadline.com|date=March 20, 2015}}</ref> The film will be released in a [[limited release]] and on [[video on demand]] in the United States on May 29, 2015.<ref name="deadline"/> [[Lionsgate]] will release the film in the [[United Kingdom]] on June 5, 2015.<ref name="deadline"/> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{IMDb title|3247714|Survivor}} {{James McTeigue}} [[Category:2015 films]] [[Category:2010s spy films]] [[Category:2010s thriller films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:American spy films]] [[Category:American thriller films]] [[Category:British films]] [[Category:British spy films]] [[Category:British thriller films]] [[Category:Chase films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by James McTeigue]] [[Category:Films about terrorism]] [[Category:Films set in London]] [[Category:Films set in New York]] [[Category:Films shot in Bulgaria]] [[Category:Films shot in London]] [[Category:Terrorism in fiction]] [[Category:Upcoming films]] [[Category:Films produced by Irwin Winkler]]'