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The Next Three Days

- What if you had 72 hours to save everything you live for?

A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss. Her husband John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. When the strain of being separated from her husband and son gets to her, John decides to find a way to break her out.

Release Date : 2010-11-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hwy61LionsgateFidélité Films

Production Country : United States of AmericaFrance

Alternative Titles : The Next 3 Days

Cast

Character Name : John Brennan

Original Name : Russell Crowe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lara

Original Name : Elizabeth Banks

Gender : Female

Character Name : George Brennan

Original Name : Brian Dennehy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mouss

Original Name : RZA

Gender : Male

Character Name : Erit

Original Name : Moran Atias

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nicole

Original Name : Olivia Wilde

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Quinn

Original Name : Jason Beghe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elaine

Original Name : نازنین بنیادی

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : Tyrone Giordano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luke

Original Name : Ty Simpkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Damon

Original Name : Liam Neeson

Gender : Male

Character Name : David

Original Name : Jonathan Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Nabulsi

Original Name : Lennie James

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mick Brennan

Original Name : Michael Buie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grace Brennan

Original Name : Helen Carey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jenna

Original Name : Remy Nozik

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Collero

Original Name : Aisha Hinds

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elizabeth Gesas

Original Name : Leslie Merrill

Gender : Female

Character Name : Meyer Fisk

Original Name : Daniel Stern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duty Nurse

Original Name : Rachel Deacon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Becsey

Original Name : Derek Cecil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie

Original Name : Kaitlyn Wylde

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alex

Original Name : Kevin Corrigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alex's Thug Buddy

Original Name : Jeff Hochendoner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lyla

Original Name : Lauren Haggis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harv

Original Name : James Ransone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eugenie

Original Name : Denise Dal Vera

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hospital Security Guard

Original Name : Glenn Taranto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female Guard 1

Original Name : Veronica Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Female Guard 2

Original Name : Lisa Ann Goldsmith

Gender : Female

Character Name : Junkie

Original Name : Alissa Haggis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergeant Harris

Original Name : Allan Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photoshop Kid

Original Name : Zachary Sondrini

Gender : Male

Character Name : Notary

Original Name : Etta Cox

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jail Guard (Entry Hall)

Original Name : Barry Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : County Jail Captain

Original Name : Rick Warner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phone Operator

Original Name : Quantia Mali

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. Byrdie Lifson

Original Name : Trudie Styler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phone Repairman

Original Name : Fabio Polanco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Male Nurse

Original Name : David Flick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Guard

Original Name : Sean Huze

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hospital Nurse

Original Name : Tamara Gorski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hospital Guard

Original Name : Patrick Brennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brenda

Original Name : Brenna McDonough

Gender : Female

Character Name : Airline Clerk

Original Name : Melissa Jackson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Airport Security Chief

Original Name : Patrick McDade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lab Van Driver

Original Name : James Francis Kelly III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Visitor (uncredited)

Original Name : Jackson Nunn

Gender : Male

Reviews

TheCakerBaker

@TheCakerBaker

2021-06-23

If Paul Haggis is going to keep on making movies, would somebody do us all a favor and sign him up for a basic screenwriting class? I mean, please, this film could be a lesson all on its own on how not to write a decent screenplay. Its all in here: one-dimensional characters, supremely poor pacing, multiple threads that go absolutely nowhere and completely implausible action sequences. And, you know, it's just a B-thriller. It's not like I haven't seen these mistakes time and time again. What really bothers me is just how highly it thinks of itself. It not only thinks it's interesting (which it isn't whatsoever), but it thinks it's smart, edgy, and it probably even thinks it's clever. I mean, there are so many characters who function for exactly one plot point and are then left behind in the dust. For example, this one chick who's name I forget (did they ever even say her name?) is introduced fairly early on in the film, and looks even like Russell Crowe's love interest. We see the very, very beginnings of a meaningful relationship forming and then it turns out that she was only a device to fill in a little potential plot hole (trying not to spoil the movie.) The same with Russell Crowe's parents, there are a handful of scattered scenes with them showing little glimpses of a meaningful relationship, and then the same exact friggin' thing is done, they're used as a simple (and illogical) plot mechanism. It's almost like one of Paul Haggis's friends was reading the script and said "hey, Paul, this is completely ridiculous, how could they possibly manage to _________" and Haggis wrote in these characters as devices to satisfy the issue, realized they were one-dimensional, and wrote in a pseudo-intelligent relationship (which doesn't in reality make them any better.) And this is how the first 2/3 of the movie moves so dreadfully slowly. I mean, I'm absolutely confident that with a decent editor, the first hour and fifteen minutes could be whittled down to maybe half an hour. They could have especially left out the symbols that don't actually symbolize anything. Which seems silly to say, but the jar of quarters that keeps recurring in the movie not only has no plot significance, but has zero metaphorical significance. They barely explained what they were doing in their house. They were quite literally only in the film to make it look a little deeper. Not to make it more meaningful, but to make it look more meaningful. To make it "smart," and "edgy," and "clever." I don't usually have a problem with making it through a movie but I had to push to make it through this ludicrous, self-righteous mess.

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Seen this movie a handful of times over the years, and still holds up so well. A solid thriller with fine performances by Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks, and features a great supporting cast in small parts (seems about 5 min. each), including Liam Neeson, Daniel Stern (wish he'd do more straight dramas), Brian Dennehy (RIP) and Olivia Wilde. Some nice suspense-filled moments throughout (the bump key scene still gets me). However, the final scene with detective "seeing" how the crime went down seemed like something the studio wanted to give a clear conclusion, and felt so unnecessary. **4.0/5**