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A former soldier is thrown into a brutal race against time when a critical medical delivery makes him and his unlikely partner the targets of a ruthless cartel. As the mission spirals into a deadly manhunt, every detour, delay, and bullet pushes them closer to failure. With betrayal closing in from every side, they must survive the chase and deliver their cargo to save the life of a little girl.
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Contemporary, classical in form, unpretentious and effortless.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Sep 20266/10
The annoyingly verbose "Ben" (Owen Wilson) arrives in Brisbane aboard a private jet tasked with delivering a liver that could save the life of the young "Ellie" (Scarlett Crabtree) whose mother "Kate" (Leila George) is gradually climbing the walls. His ride to the hospital is to be provided by "Hank" (Alan Ritchson) who isn't best impressed that his passenger suffers from an excitable form of verbal diarrhoea - but that's just the start of his woes as they both discover that this organ is particularly rare and that the local branch of the Colombian drug-peddling mafia are determined to get their hands on it. What ought to have been a straightforward courier job quickly becomes an action-packed race across the country leaving wreckage, carnage and quite a few bodies in their wake. Naturally, as their battle for survival hots up, the two begin to bond a little - but what chance they can make it in time? Jeopardy? Well no, not really. Not with a young child lying in an hospital bed and this not sporting an "R" rating, but if you like shoot 'em up buddy movies with car chases, menacing grannies, plotting, scheming and a rare parakeet then this isn't the worst adventure movie you'll eve
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Cast
- Alan RitchsonHank Malone
- Owen WilsonBen Bishop
- Rodrigo SantoroDamian Zaldivar
- Leila GeorgeKate Baker
- Kate BoxDr. Ainsley
- Adriana BarrazaDonna
- Peta SergeantNurse Julie
- Scarlett CrabtreeEllie Baker
- Geraldine HakewillMonica
- Goran D. KleutLuke
Crew
- Scott WaughDirector
- Tommy WhiteWriter
- Miles HubleyWriter
- Lorenzo SenatoreDirector of Photography
- Charlie Nguyen KimOriginal Music Composer
- Matt VillaEditor
- Todd GarnerProducer
- Alan RitchsonProducer
- Mark FasanoProducer
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