Take Cover (film)
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| Directed by | Nick McKinless |
| Screenplay by | Joshua Todd James |
| Produced by | Ben Jacques Melissa Massey |
| Starring | Scott Adkins Alice Eve Jack Parr Madalina Bellariu Ion Nik Goldman |
| Cinematography | Rick Joaquim |
| Edited by | Liviu Jipescu |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Take Cover is a 2024 British action thriller film directed by Nick McKinless and starring Scott Adkins and Alice Eve. The film about a professional sniper trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a deadly rival.
Plot
[edit]Sam, a sniper and Ken, a spotter are arguing about God while watching their high profile target on a rooftop. Sam finds a perfect shot but it hit the girlfriend of the target. He takes another shot and kills the target. Both escape from that place returns home. Sam is in regret about killing that innocent girl but Ken keeps ignoring because he thinks they are the good soldiers who works for the government.
Sam decides to retire and talks to his boss, Tamara about it. She convinces him to take one last assignment in Frankfurt and Sam agrees. Sam and Ken reaches Frankfurt but Ken is disappointed about retiring. They enter a luxurious penthouse as an upgrade from Tamara herself, seen as a parting gift for Sam while Ken remains in disbelief. The manager opens the curtain but Sam ask him to close it because he is uncomfortable. Two massage girls, Mona and Lily, joins them as a gift from the boss.
Mona is a fortune teller and she reads the palm of Sam and Ken. The manager joins again with food and suddenly opens the curtains, Sam shouts to close it but he sees a flash of sniper glass on a building opposite to him. He shouts to make everyone duck down and a sniper starts the shooting. He tries to close the curtains but the manager, a professional ninja assassin, stops him and tries to kill him. Sam manages to knock him and another assassin down. Ken makes a call to Tamara using Lily's phone and asks for backup. The assassin wakes up again and Ken throws him out of the window but he is shot by the sniper and falls down as he bleeds out.
Sam finds that Tamara is trying to kill them because she doesn't like the idea of Sam retiring, claiming that he will turn on them one day. Sam kills all the assassins and snipers sent by Tamara as means of eliminating him messily. In the chaotic skirmish, Lily gets killed while Tamara continues taunting him until Sam realizes how she was monitoring them. Once reinforcements arrive, Sam uses his rifle and several other tactics to keep himself and Mona alive despite the low chances of survival. Mona makes Sam promise to take care of her 8 year old daughter and sacrifices herself as he kills the main sniper. Ken suddenly wakes up but forces Sam to save himself after realizing he is on borrowed time. While a drone sent by Tamara is destroyed by Sam, Ken uses his last energy to help Sam before succumbing to his wound. Using an old technique from their past, Sam escapes the attack and thanks God for keeping him alive, swearing revenge against Tamara.
Later, he calls Tamara as she is waiting for her flight to Dubai in the airport. Both of them begin mocking each other until Sam tells her of karmic retribution, which she scoffs in ignorance. With the help of Mona's daughter, Sam kills her in the restroom and casually walks away with the child, hoping his path of redemption is in good hands.
Cast
[edit]- Scott Adkins as Sam Lorde
- Alice Eve as Tamara
- Jack Parr as Ken
- Madalina Bellariu Ion as Mona
- Alba De Torrebruna as Lily
- Billy Clements as Assassin (cameo)
- Ada Michaels-Mason as The Blonde (cameo)
Production
[edit]Scott Adkins announced that he's going to star in a film called Take Cover. Principal photography started June 19, 2023 in England.[1]
Release
[edit]Brainstorm Media and Fandango at Home will debut Take Cover in select US theaters and on VOD starting on October 4,[2] in the UK and Ireland on October 14, 2024.
Reception
[edit]The Guardian rated Take Cover at 2/5 stars, writing that it was not "astute enough to methodically work the stripped-down predicament for everything it’s worth. Surely no elite sniper would give his position away with a lens flash, for starters – and why are the characters all hiding behind furniture that is presumably easy to penetrate with high velocity bullets?"[3] Common Sense Media was also critical, stating "What the movie can't deliver, however, is a break from the familiar "one last job" cliches, or a climax packed with any surprises."[4]
The reviewer for Cinema Crazed was more favorable, calling it "decent Scott Adkins fare, an action film with plenty of bullets and hand to hand combat, made to showcase what the actor can do and going for it while it’s at it."[5] Eye for Film was also favorable, noting that "There is practically nothing in the plot of this film that viewers won’t have seen before, yet it works, largely due to the combination of engaging characters and expertly delivered action."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ III, Lee B. Golden (2023-06-16). "TAKE COVER: Scott Adkins Announces New Action Thriller Filming Next Week". Film Combat Syndicate. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
- ^ "Scott Adkins & Alice Eve in Generic Action Thriller 'Take Cover' Trailer | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
- ^ Hoad, Phil (2024-10-07). "Take Cover review – Scott Adkins hitman thriller makes Fast & Furious look like Gilbert and Sullivan". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Lawrence, Alistair. "Take Cover Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
- ^ Black, Emilie (October 14, 2024). "Take Cover (2024)". Cinema Crazed.
- ^ Kermode, Jennie. "Take Cover (2024) Movie Review". Eye for Film. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
External links
[edit]- Take Cover at IMDb