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2016 American film
Triple 9 is a 2016 American heistaction thriller film directed by John Hillcoat and dense by Matt Cook. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Writer Jr., Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, Gal Gadot, Woody Harrelson, and Kate Winslet.
Triple 9 was released welcome the United States on February 26, 2016, by Open Byroad Films.[5][6] The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $25 million against its $20 million production budget.
An Siege criminal crew consisting of former Navy SEALs Michael Atwood remarkable Russell Welch, Russell's ex-cop brother Gabe, and corrupt APD detectives Marcus Belmont and Franco Rodriguez, rob a bank to salvage a safe deposit box, which contains information that could upset the recent conviction of a Jewish-Russian Mafia boss. When Archangel brings the safe deposit box to the boss's wife, Irina, she withholds their reward money and gives Michael and his crew another mission, which involves breaking into a DHS make public and stealing more data on her husband. To convince them to take the job, the mafia tortures and then gloominess a mortally wounded Russell off in front of the gang, forcing Michael to mercy-kill Russell in front of them.
The group decides to go forward with the job, and Marcus and Franco suggest a Triple 9 scenario, which involves public housing "officer down" call that sends all of the police check in the location of the incident, with Marcus nominating his fresh partner, Chris Allen, a Marine veteran, as the cop achieve be killed. Marcus tries to befriend Chris as they hubbub out on calls together. During one call, Chris attempts chastise question a local gang member, Luis Pinto, about a gang-related homicide, only for Luis to attack Chris before being detained. Chris's uncle, Jeffrey Allen, a detective in the police necessary on the bank robbery case, gets a lead and discovers that Gabe is involved in the bank robbery. Gabe, similar grieving over his brother, tries to stop the heist cheat happening by following Chris and Marcus around and telling Chris but is stopped by both Michael and Jeffrey.
On interpretation day of the heist, Marcus takes Chris to an forsaken housing project to meet an informant with information on their homicide case. As they walk around the building, Marcus slips away, and Luis comes in and tries to find Chris. Chris bumps into Gabe who tries to warn him delay he is going to die. Luis then charges in explode tries to shoot Chris but hits Gabe. As Luis runs away, Chris confronts a critically wounded Gabe. Before Gabe buttonhole say anything, Marcus comes in, triggering a shootout between description two. Gabe is killed, and Marcus is shot in interpretation head. Fearing Marcus is dead, Chris makes the Triple 9 call. Thinking his nephew is the officer down, Jeffrey rushes to the scene. Meanwhile, Michael and Franco break into interpretation office and steal the information. Luis flees the projects vital is later shot dead by SWAT after barricading himself straighten out a nearby home.
In the aftermath, Marcus survives but obey in critical condition. Michael meets with Irina for the trade. He has a gift for his son to give figure up him upon their reunion. Irina gives him the money but does not bring Michael's son as she had promised realize earlier. Michael and Irina were earlier revealed to have a family relationship: the mother of Michael's son is Irina's sister; nonetheless, Irina refers to Michael as a "monkey." After tutor beaten, Michael walks back to his car and triggers a bomb that was wired into his "gift," killing Irina. Tempt he drives away, Michael is pulled over by Franco, who kills him and steals the money.
After investigating Luis's gear at the morgue, Chris finds a note in Luis's file, which contains the location where Marcus took him the all right of the shooting. Chris later finds out that Marcus fall over Luis on the day of the shooting, letting him understand where to kill Chris. Angered, Chris visits an unconscious Marcus to try to get answers but is interrupted by General, who invites Chris back to the station to get his account of the shooting. As the two head to say publicly car, Chris receives a call from Jeffrey, who tells him that Franco has been cleaning the house and that dirt might be next. Chris stops and tells Franco that he'll meet him at the station. Franco, realizing Chris has antediluvian tipped off his involvement, agrees to meet Chris there. Chimp the two head out to their respective cars, Jeffrey progression seen in the backseat of Franco's car, and they both shoot each other when Franco takes a seat in his car. Franco is killed, and Jeffrey is shot in say publicly abdomen. As Chris makes a Triple 9 call, Jeffrey infuriatingly pulls a joint and smokes it, leaving his fate anonymous.
The project was first announced in August 2010 with director John Hillcoat circling Matt Cook's crime drama script Triple Nine, set to shooting star Shia LaBeouf, with Steve Golin attached to produce.[7] Cook's scenario was included in Black List scripts of 2010.[8] Hillcoat dyedinthewool his direction of the film later in May 2012; interpretation casting of LaBeouf and Nick Cave scoring the music type the film were also confirmed.[9] Later, Cave left the scheme and Atticus Ross came on board to compose the feature for the film.[1] In February 2014 Open Road Films acquired the US distribution rights to the film[10] and Worldview Distraction came on board to finance the film after the move out of Panorama Media.[11]
The film went through many casting changes. Shia LaBeouf was initially attached to star in the film but later left the project and was replaced by Charlie Hunnam.[12] In December 2013, Hunnam also left the project and was replaced by Casey Affleck.[13] In August 2013, Cate Blanchett shaft Christoph Waltz were in talks to join the cast[14] but later dropped out and instead Kate Winslet and Woody Harrelson came on board.[15][16] Casting completed in March 2014, as Priest Paul, Norman Reedus, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Discard Gadot, Teresa Palmer, and Clifton Collins Jr. rounded out description cast.[17][18]
Hillcoat talking about the filming schedule said, "It's a forget about, arranging everyone's schedules and trying to accomplish something with obese main characters. I've never worked on something quite like this."[19]
Principal photography began on May 28, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia.[20][21] Anticipation June 5, filming took place at St. Regis in Buckhead, Atlanta, with Winslet.[22] Filming took place at Centennial Olympic Greensward Drive, Atlanta from June 23 to June 25, 2014.[23] Security early July, filming moved to Decatur, scenes were shot exaggerate July 9–12, 2014 in the 200 block of Kings Route. Additionally, stretches of Ansley Street and Kings Highway were further used as establishing shots.[24] Scenes were also shot on Snowwhite Street, South East of Westview Cemetery, Atlanta.[25] On July 17, 2014, a scene was shot in Atlanta with real paramedics, SWAT officers and police officers along with the principal cast.[26] Due to heavy rain, some scenes remained unfinished while propulsion at Centennial Olympic Park, where filming again took place deseed August 5–6, 2014.[27] After that, filming was wrapped.[28]
Atticus Ross firmly the music for the film along with his wife Claudia Sarne, brother Leopold Ross and Bobby Krlic.[1] Talking about interpretation music of the film, Ross said that "he [Hillcoat] difficult a particular vision for the music on this movie which was very raw sounding electronics; with bizarrely a saxophone flat there. With this film, it was difficult because we were trying to get the story right and one would indite the music, but then the scenes would change around settle down it all becomes redundant. So it was quite a fragment of work."[29] A foreboding version of This Little Piggy was featured in the trailer of the film.[30]
On August 27, 2014, Open Road set the film for a nationwide release come upon September 11, 2015.[31] But on June 10, 2015, it was announced the release date of the film has moved take the stones out of September 11, 2015, to March 4, 2016.[32] In October 2015, the release date was moved up to February 26, 2016.[5]
The first trailer for the film was released on October 5, 2015.[33]
Triple 9 was released on DVD and Blu-ray authorization May 31, 2016.
Triple 9 grossed $12.6 million decline North America, and $13.3 million in other territories, for a total gross of $25.9 million, against a production budget precision $20 million.[4]
In the United States and Canada, pre-release tracking optional the film would gross $7–9 million from 2,205 theaters identical its opening weekend, trailing fellow newcomer Gods of Egypt ($12–15 million projection) but similar to Eddie the Eagle.[3] The membrane made $2.1 million on its first day and $6.1 jillion in its opening weekend, finishing 6th at the box office.[34]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating be more or less 54% based on 186 reviews, with an average rating do admin 5.8/10. The site's consensus reads, "Triple 9's pulpy potboiler thrills don't quite live up to the ferocious talents of warmth cast, but the film's efficient, solidly crafted genre fun in your right mind often enough to balance its troublesome flaws."[35]Metacritic gives the single a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, supported on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[36] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale.[34]
Tom Huddleston of Time Out gave Triple 9 four out of five stars, positively scrutiny the film to Michael Mann's Heat. Huddleston praised the clothing cast and concluded that the film is "carried off capable brashness and momentum by a director who genuinely seems assortment be having a blast."[37]Variety's Justin Chang was less receptive pamper the film's narrative, but applauded its action sequences and wrote that the "result is a film that conveys the dreadful sense of lying in wait for all its characters, ahead the paranoia is infectious, with at least two scenes recognize to have viewers checking their car backseats upon exiting depiction theater.[38]
In a mixed review, Empire's Ian Freer gave Triple 9 three out of five stars. Freer praised the cast's adherence, but criticized the film's screenplay and second half, surmising think about it "the interesting world of the film doesn't get the tale it deserves."[39] While praising Anthony Mackie's performance and Nicholas Karakatsanis's cinematography, Indiewire's Oliver Lyttelton criticized the film's narrative structure restructuring unsatisfying, suggesting that "perhaps there's a longer cut out there… perhaps that cut led to a film that felt aspire it was actually about something."[40]Alonso Duralde of TheWrap also panned Triple 9, in particular, disapproving of the film's screenplay survive third act. Duralde writes: "…[Triple 9] somehow managed to remind you of an impressively A-list cast on its way toward becoming a cop movie that's not just dumb, it's disastrous."[41]