Bastille Day (2016)

R04/22/2016Action1h 32m
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With law comes disorder

Overview

Michael Mason is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realises that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Idris Elba

    Sean Briar

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Madden

    Michael Mason

  3. Cast 1

    Charlotte Le Bon

    Zoe Naville

  4. Cast 1

    Kelly Reilly

    Karen Dacre

  5. Cast 1

    José Garcia

    Victor Gamieux

  6. Cast 1

    Anatol Yusef

    Tom Luddy

  7. Cast 1

    Ériq Ebouaney

    Baba

  8. Cast 1

    Alex Fondja

    Ange

  9. Cast 1

    Arieh Worthalter

    Jean

Pretty good, for what it is. <em>'Bastille Day'</em>, or <em>'The Take'</em> for us in my neck of the woods, is a sound action thriller that suitably entertains. Idris Elba has played this sorta role many a time but there's no doubting how strongly he performs in such films. He and co-star Richard Madden are sporting distracting (at least to someone who knows them more for their native tongue) accents, but are a solid pairing... their (admittedly somewhat minimal) buddy cop-esque banter isn't the best, though. Elba also appears in the end credits singing... not to great effect, I gotta s...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$20,000,000.00

Revenue $14,397,593.00

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