Directed by,Pierre Morel,Produced by,Adrián Guerra,Sean Penn,Peter McAleese
Andrew Rona,Joel Silver,Screenplay by ,Don Macpherson,Pete Travis,Sean Penn,Based on,The Prone Gunman: (Original french title La position du tireur couché) ,by Jean-Patrick Manchette,Starring,Sean Penn,Javier Bardem,Idris Elba,Mark Rylance,Jasmine Trinca,Peter Franzén,Ray Winstone,Music by,Marco Beltrami,Cinematography,Flavio Martinez Labiano,Edited by,Frédéric Thoraval,Production,companies,Anton Capital Entertainment,Canal+,Nostromo Pictures,Silver Pictures,TF1 Films Production,Distributed by,Open Road Films,Release dates:March 20, 2015,Running time,115 minutes[1],Country,United States,United Kingdom,Spain,France,Language:English,Budget,$40 million[2],Box office $13.6 million worldwide[3]
The Gunman is a 2015 French-American action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Don Macpherson, Pete Travis and Sean Penn, based on the novel The Prone Gunman (Original French title La position du tireur couché), by Jean-Patrick Manchette. It stars Penn, with Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, and Javier Bardem appearing in supporting roles.[4] The film is about Jim Terrier (Penn), a mercenary who assassinates the Minister of Mining of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 on orders from multinational mining companies. Eight years after Jim has retired from mercenary work, he and the people close to him become the targets of hit squads sent by a powerful multinational security firm, and he must fight to stay alive. The film was released on March 20, 2015 by Open Road Films. The film earned less than half its $40 million budget at the box office. It received negative reviews from critics.