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The Marksman is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Robert Lorenz. The plot follows a brooding rancher and former Marine (Liam Neeson), living in an Arizona border town, who must help a young boy (Jacob Perez) escape a Mexican drug cartel. Katheryn Winnick, Juan Pablo Raba, and Teresa Ruiz also star.

The Marksman
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Lorenz
Written by	Robert Lorenz Chris Charles Danny Kravitz
Produced by	Tai Duncan Mark Williams Warren Goz Eric Gold Robert Lorenz
Starring	Liam Neeson Jacob Perez Katheryn Winnick Juan Pablo Raba Teresa Ruiz
Cinematography	Mark Patten
Edited by	Luis Carballar
Music by	Sean Callery
Production companies	Raven Capital Management Sculptor Media Zero Gravity Management Voltage Pictures
Distributed by	Open Road Films Briarcliff Entertainment
Release date	January 15, 2021 (2021-01-15) (United States)
Running time	108 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$23–30 million[2][3]
Box office	$23.1 million[2][4]

The film was theatrically released in the United States on January 15, 2021, by Open Road Films and Briarcliff Entertainment. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Neeson's performance but criticized the film as being formulaic.[5]

Plot

Former US Marine Corps Scout Sniper and Vietnam war veteran Jim Hanson, a widower, lives along the Arizona-Mexico border with his dog, Jackson. While tending his ranch, which he is behind in payments on, he reports illegal border crossings to the United States Border Patrol, where his step-daughter Sarah works. One day he encounters Rosa and her son Miguel, Mexican citizens fleeing from the cartel.[6] As Hanson calls border patrol, a cartel gang led by Mauricio approaches and a shootout ensues, in which Hanson shoots and kills Mauricio's brother and Rosa is fatally wounded. Before dying, Rosa gives Hanson her family's address in Chicago and a bag of cash, begging him to take Miguel there.

Border patrol shows up and takes Miguel, but one of the gang members claims him as a relative. Hanson sees their car outside the station and sneaks Miguel out to head for Chicago along Route 66. The gang get into America, tracking the pair via Hanson's credit card. Hanson and Miguel escape several close calls but the cartel members kill Jackson and find the map Hanson used to plan his route.

The cartel use spotters to find Hanson's truck, which breaks down during a chase. Retreating to a nearby farm, Hanson snipes three of the cartel members, but Mauricio captures Miguel. After a skirmish, Hanson is shot and stabbed but he seriously wounds Mauricio with a gunshot. Hanson offers Mauricio the gun with a single bullet as choice: either use it as a coup de grâce or to shoot Hanson. As Hanson and Miguel leave the farm, they hear a gunshot, indicating that Mauricio chose suicide. Hanson drops Miguel off at his family's home in Chicago before getting on a bus and closing his eyes.

Cast

• Liam Neeson as Jim Hanson, a former U.S. Marines sniper and Vietnam War veteran
• Katheryn Winnick as Sarah, border patrol agent and step-daughter of Hanson
• Juan Pablo Raba as Mauricio, a deranged Mexican enforcer for the Vasquez Cartel
• Teresa Ruiz as Rosa, Miguel's mother who is on the run from the cartel
• Jacob Perez as Miguel, a boy who is on the run from the cartel with his mother
• Dylan Kenan as Randall
• Luke Rains as Everett
• Sean Rosales as Hernando
• Alfredo Quiroz as Carlos
• Amber Midthunder as Gas Station Clerk

Production

The project, originally titled The Minuteman, was announced in May 2019, with Liam Neeson set to star.[7][8][9][10] In September 2019, it was announced that Winnick and Raba joined the cast of the film.[11][12][13]

Principal photography occurred in Lorain,[14] Portage County,[15][16] and Chardon, Ohio.[17] Filming also occurred in New Mexico,[18][19] and wrapped in October 2019.[20]

Release

The Marksman was initially scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on January 22, 2021, but was later moved up a week to January 15.[21]

Reception

Box office

The Marksman grossed $15.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $7.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide of $23 million.[4][2]

The film grossed $3.7 million over the four-day MLK opening weekend, the second Open Road/Neeson title to top the box office during the COVID-19 pandemic after Honest Thief the previous October. The film played best in the South, with men making up 57% of the audience, and 72% being over the age of 25.[22] It remained in first the following weekend with $2.03 million, then made $1.2 million in its third weekend and finished third.[23][24]

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 39% based on 108 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "The Marksman benefits from having Liam Neeson in the lead, but this formulaic action thriller should have aimed higher."[5] On Metacritic, it holds a weighted average score of 44 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[25] Audiences surveyed by PostTrak gave the film a 73% positive score, with 46% saying they would definitely recommend it.[22]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote: "Predictable to a fault, the movie coasts pleasurably on Neeson's seasoned, sad-sweet charisma."[26] Michael O'Sullivan at The Washington Post rated the film 2/4 stars, writing that it "proves itself to be the cinematic version of comfort food: satisfyingly familiar but full of starch and empty calories."[27]

Owen Gleiberman at Variety, gave a more negative review, stating "Lorenz stages the action with a convincing ebb and flow, but thanks to an undercooked script what happens in between is mostly boilerplate."[28] David Ehrlich of IndieWire gave the film a C− and wrote "...The Marksman might be two three-ways short of The Mule, but almost everything about it — from its 'get off my lawn' misanthropy to its general take on the uselessness of government in American life — feels geared for a late-career Eastwood vehicle."[29]

References

External links

• The Marksman at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] The Marksman – Der Scharfschütze

The Marksman – Der Scharfschütze ist ein US-amerikanischer Actionfilm aus dem Jahr 2021, der am 15. Januar 2021 veröffentlicht wurde. Regie führte Robert Lorenz, die Hauptrolle übernahm Liam Neeson.

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- [en] The Marksman (2021 film)

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[ru] Заступник

«Заступник» (англ. The Marksman) — экшн-триллер режиссера Роберта Лоренца с Лиамом Нисоном в главной роли.

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