Son of a Gun (2014)

Name: Son of a Gun
Director: Julius Avery
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2014-10-16
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Brenton Thwaites, Alicia Vikander, Brendan Kerkvliet

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

JR busts out of prison with Brendan Lynch, Australia's most notorious criminal, and joins Lynch's gang for a gold heist that soon pits the two men against one another.

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Brenton Thwaites

JR
Brendan Kerkvliet

Prison Officer
Matt Flannagan

Prison Officer
Geoff Kelso

Prison Officer
Peter Neaves

Prison Officer
Ewan McGregor

Brendan Lynch
Matt Nable

Sterlo
Eddie Baroo

Merv
Kazimir Sas

JR's Cellmate
Sam Hutchin

Dave
Craig Sparrowhawk

Dave's Crony
Jared De' Har

Dave's Crony

(as Jared Dehar)
Karl Knight

Solitary Officer
Jacek Koman

Sam Lennox
Tom Budge

Josh

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2 nominations.

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3 January 2015 | siderite

| Like a 70's heist movie, well acted, but ultimately boring

I have to mark this as a failure, as I thought at the end that if I would have paid to see it I would have gotten angry. That doesn't mean it's a bad movie. It is well acted and the mood of it is kind of what it should have been. However the slightly outdated plot and lack of any notable surprises or character development makes it a pointless film. Also, a personal gripe of mine, it is a movie written and directed by the same guy, so there was no one relevant to point out that the script is boring as hell.

It felt like someone found a script of a movie from the 70's that was not translated to a film and decided to make it with some of the actors that caught the eye lately, like McGregor, Thwaites and Vikander and who had a little time on their hands.

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The film gives off the impression that the gold mine the group plans to rob, which is in Kalgoorlie, is relatively close to Perth, where all the characters stay, interact and socialise. In reality Perth and Kalgoorlie are 1 hour by air or 5 hours by road from each other.

Quotes

Brendan Lynch: I'm no one. You got it? In here, we're all no one.

Goofs

The Fischer/Spassky game Brendan describes was game 6 in the 1972 World Championship. 2 errors, firstly Fischer played white and secondly, in demonstrating, Brendan illegally moves the black knight from one side of the board to the other.