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The Bricklayer

R Released Jan 5 1h 50m Action Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for The Bricklayer: Trailer 1 List
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The Bricklayer follows a rogue insurgent blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it appear the agency is responsible. As other nations begin turning against the U.S., the CIA must lure Steve Vail (Aaron Eckhart) -- their most brilliant and rebellious operative -- out of retirement. With an elite and deadly skill set, Vail is tasked with helping clear the agency's name, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy. Read More Read Less
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Dennis Harvey Variety This is a lively bullet-riddled adventure that may not stick in the mind, but will leave no one bored for its 110 minutes. Jan 10, 2024 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation It’s not “The Beekeeper,” but Eckhart commits to the part and he and the fights in it are some compensation for a pretty silly plot and clumsy “Will this never end?” story structure. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 16, 2024 Full Review John Serba Decider ... A lame-ass thing that’s serious when it should be campy, and rife with brutal violence and incredible nonsense. Apr 12, 2024 Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine The Bricklayer may not stand out from similar action films on the market, but it offers enough entertainment for those wanting to enjoy a popcorn movie experience. Rated: 6/10 Apr 12, 2024 Full Review Kevin Wight The Wee Review Completely lacks a sense of fun and wallows in old tropes that should have been left in the past Rated: 1 Feb 28, 2024 Full Review Matt Glasby Radio Times Despite risible dialogue and some slapdash production elements, there's fun to be had for those in the right mood. Rated: 2/5 Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Not a great movie. A lot of the action sequences were good, but the overall storyline lacked so much and was just too predictable. Very dull and lacking any intrigue/suspense whatsoever. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/21/24 Full Review Bjørn H K Kinda lame, seen the story lots before, but hey, nice film kill time. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Jeff W Woof. What a bland, half-assed effort of a film. Aaron Eckhart looks the part of a rugged ex-CIA man, but his continued reliance on the Christian Bale Batman voice is beyond silly. He brings none of his abundant and available charm to the film. More criminally, I have never seen Tim Blake Nelson be more wooden and dull, have so little to do, and still do that poorly. The story is a hacky pastiche of six different and better spy movies, and the writing is just awful. Nina Dobrev catches the worst of the bad lines while also doing a She's All That as the CIA virgin operative given the wholly unlikely task of supervising a rogue ex-agent in the field. Even the action sequences can't justify this as the fight choreography involves a lot of guys running at Eckhart with their guns instead of, you know, shooting those guns despite watching Eckhart murder their colleagues all around them. I don't think there was a joke in the whole movie, and the final callback line is so dumb and out of pocket, it kinda makes you wonder if the whole thing was written by AI as an experiment. Just a tepid, bland film on all levels. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Chris M Potentially an ok cast who somehow all became very wooden. Poorly executed. Predictable. No Zing. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Richard B Utter utter utter waste of time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/24 Full Review Chad T Eckerd is good as a hard nosed agent who’s been called upon to take out an old friend who betrayed & was betrayed by the agency. Typical spy thriller that’s based on action and nothing more. Lots of suspension of belief, not more than any other in this genre, but what would you expect? Directed by Renny Harlin who does do great action! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/02/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The Bricklayer follows a rogue insurgent blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it appear the agency is responsible. As other nations begin turning against the U.S., the CIA must lure Steve Vail (Aaron Eckhart) -- their most brilliant and rebellious operative -- out of retirement. With an elite and deadly skill set, Vail is tasked with helping clear the agency's name, forcing him to confront his checkered past while unraveling an international conspiracy.
Director
Renny Harlin
Producer
Gerard Butler, Heidi Jo Markel, Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Jonathan Yunger, Yariv Lerner, Robert Van Norden, Robert Van Norden, Alan Siegel, Danielle Robinson
Screenwriter
Hanna Weg, Matt Johnson
Distributor
Vertical
Production Co
Millennium Media, G-BASE, Eclectic Pictures
Rating
R (Strong Violence and Language)
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 5, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 5, 2024
Runtime
1h 50m
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