Criminal [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]

Director: Ariel Vromen Ariel Vromen

Overview

Sociopathic death-row inmate Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner) is implanted with the memories of a deceased CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) in a desperate attempt to thwart a deadly plot involving a Dutch hacker (Michael Pitt). At the same time, Jerico reconnects with his own humanity as he bonds with the late agent's family. Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gal Gadot co-star in this espionage thriller directed by Ariel Vromen (The Iceman).

Product Details

Release Date:	07/26/2016
UPC:	0031398247746
Original Release:	2016
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Language:	English
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	10,999

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kevin Costner	Jerico Stewart
Gary Oldman	Quaker Wells
Tommy Lee Jones	Dr. Franks
Ryan Reynolds	Bill Pope
Jordi Mollà	Xavier Heimdahl(as Jordi Molla)
Gal Gadot	Jill Pope
Amaury Nolasco	Esteban Ruiza
Alice Eve	Marta Lynch
Antje Traue	Elsa Mueller
Scott Adkins	Pete Greensleeves
Lara Decaro	Emma Pope
Freddy Bosche	CIA Agent Pfeffer
Emmanuel Imani	CIA Agent #2
Harry Hepple	CIA Tech
Doug Cockle	Extraction Team Leader
Colin Salmon	Warden
Steve Nicolson	SSBN Captain
Sope Dirisu	SSBN Fire & Control
Gisella Marengo	Luggage Shop Saleswoman
Mark Kempner	Black Cab Driver
Mike Bodie	CIA Officer Laundry Team
Joshua James	Higgs
Samantha Coughlan	Navy Officer
Danny Webb	Lewis Deane
David Avery	Kebab Clerk
Joe Fidler	Radio Man Fred Bosh
Lauren Marie Peña	BBC Radio One DJ
Michael Pitt	Jan Strook - The Dutchman
Michael Bodie	CIA Officer Laundry Team
Michael Webber	Pawnbroker
Katharine Gwen	Francoise
Richard Reid	James Osborne
Kelly Clare	Pedestrian
Joanna Brookes	Librarian
Matthew Steer	Librarian
Andrew Byron	Russian Sentry
Elizabeth Ross	Mrs. Franks
James Marshall	Heimdahl's Guard
Henry Garrett	Air Force Technician
Tim Woodward	Roderick Armstrong
Lotte Rice	Bobby
Nathan Osgood	Professor Callowell
Sarah Middleton	Researcher
Dragos Savulescu	Akhmadov
Tamer Dogem	Kebab Cook
Priyanga Burford	Pharmacist
Diana Dimitrovici	Very Attractive Nurse
Amina Zia	Indian Woman
Rio Fredrika Debolla	Redhead Girl
Steven Brand	News Anchor
Natalie Marie Ames	Female News Anchor
Luca Giorgio Maggiora	Kebab Hooligan #1
Mark Smith	Kebab Hooligan #2
Louis Tamone	MI-5 Officer
Samuel Turner O'Toole	Young Kid
Mark Underwood	Heimdahl's Man
Ian Burfield	Fisherman/Father
Robert Davi	Actor
Jordi Molla	Actor
Keith Power	Composer
Brian Tyler	Composer

Technical Credits

Douglas Cook

David Weisberg

Douglas Cook	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
David Weisberg	Screenwriter
Ariel Vromen	Director
Jason Bloom	Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson	Executive Producer,Producer
Lati Grobman	Executive Producer,Producer
Avi Lerner	Executive Producer
Christine Otal	Executive Producer
Trevor Short	Executive Producer,Producer
Kevin King Templeton	Executive Producer
Denis Chobanov	Producer
Mark Gill	Producer
Matthew O'Toole	Producer
J.C. Spink	Producer
Jake Weiner	Producer
John Thompson	Executive Producer,Producer
Chris Bender	Producer,Executive Producer
Christa Campbell	Producer
Martin Trevis	Sound Mixer
Neil Corbould	Special Effects
Nati Taub	Sound Editor
Emil Evtimov	Sound Mixer
Kevin King	Executive Producer
Elaine Grainger	Casting
Ryan Nowak	Sound/Sound Designer
David McMillan	Sound Mixer
Douglas Urbanski	Executive Producer
Ronen Nagel	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

"You hurt me, I hurt you worse," says Jerico Stewart (Kevin Costner), a violent, brain-damaged sociopath incapable of feeling empathy or much of anything else, as director Ariel Vromen's loud and loony action thriller Criminal opens. And Jerico, a death-row inmate at a West Virginia prison, proves to be -- if nothing else -- a man of his word. Against his will, he is soon whisked away to London, where the CIA forces him to undergo an emergency, experimental operation in which a dead agent's memories are transplanted into his amoral noggin. The deceased operative, Bill Pope (a criminally underused Ryan Reynolds), was attempting to deliver a satchel full of money to the "Dutchman" (Michael Pitt), a sweaty hacker with the power to launch U.S. nuclear weapons, when he was captured and tortured to death by an enraged anarchist (Jordi Mollà) bent on overthrowing world governments and obtaining the launch codes for himself. If the Dutchman doesn't get his cash within 48 hours, he threatens to sell the intel for the nukes. Enter Jerico, who is deemed by neurosurgeon Dr. Franks (Tommy Lee Jones at his most haggard) to be the perfect person to experience this mind-altering operation, since he has an undeveloped frontal lobe stemming from a childhood trauma. It's an extremely rare disorder, or so we are told (you just have to go with it and check your own brain at the door). When the surgery is complete, Quaker Wells (Gary Oldman), Pope's frantic boss, goes ballistic when Jerico can't immediately spit out the Dutchman's location, and orders a couple of underlings to execute him. It isn't giving away much to say that he escapes and begins a bloody rampage through the streets of London, where he savagely pummels or kills anyone who gets in his way. Fortunately, Pope's memories of the case, and perhaps more importantly, snippets of the late agent's time with his wife Jill (Gal Gadot) and daughter Emma (Lara Decaro), begin to take over his mind and slowly transform Jerico into a decent, if still hell-bent, human being. But putting a damper on things is the fact that the positive effects won't last: Jericho will return to his old self within a couple of days. Criminal's high-concept premise is actually a convoluted mixture of the Bourne movies, Charly, and Frankenstein. However, it lacks Bourne's frenetic energy and nuanced characters, and it settles for a sickly sweet conclusion rather than Charly's heart-piercing denouement. But it mostly succeeds as a modern-day monster/spy story, largely due to Costner's frighteningly good performance. Even as his malevolent Jerico beats guys senseless, you feel for him and want him to succeed, not only in the mission suddenly thrust upon him, but in becoming the well-rounded, emotionally rich person he was robbed of being. Equally compelling is Gadot, the big screen's first Wonder Woman. She takes what could have been a routine damsel-in-distress role and infuses it with believability and tough tenderness. Her latter scenes with Jerico, who now knows Jill as well as her late husband did, are easily the film's most moving, and they lift the whole silly enterprise a couple of notches higher than it otherwise deserves. As for Oldman, the less said about his wrongheaded scenery chewing the better -- although it should be noted that the film's character-deficient script, written by The Rock co-scribes Douglas Cook and David Weisberg, doesn't do him or any of the other supporting actors any favors. On the whole, Criminal is a perfectly enjoyable throwaway thriller for undemanding moviegoers looking to kill a Friday or Saturday night at their local cinema. But memories of this actioner will likely dissipate quicker than Jerico's jagged, scrapbook recollections.