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Harsh Times (2006)

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Reviews Counted:325

Fresh:202

Rotten:123

Average Rating:6.0/10

Consensus: Despite a dedicated performance by Christian Bale, Harsh Times suffers from a heavy-handed and overly bleak plot.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, language and drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Nov 10, 2006 Wide

Box Office: $3,304,691

Synopsis: Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honorably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of... Haunted by nightmares from his murderous military past, the honorably discharged Jim (Christian Bale) spends his time between his impoverished fiancee in rural Mexico and cruising the streets of east L.A., knocking back beers and smoking joints with his buddy Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). They also pawn a gun, run into some trouble with a jealous gangster, and fool Mike's girlfriend (Eva Longoria) into thinking he's actually dropping off resumes instead of getting drunk and high with his buddy. Homeland Security meanwhile wants to recruit Jim for some special ops in Central America, but first he has to pass a urine test. This is the directorial debut of David Ayer, who wrote TRAINING DAY, which this film resembles with its smog-saturated cinematography and loving attention to the minutiae of male bonding and "homey codes" in and around L.A.'s inner-city drug culture. One never knows where the story is going, or what's around the next corner in this off-center yarn, and Ayer captures that uneasy feeling of cruising through a bad part of town in a car with someone who you slowly realize cannot be trusted. Christian Bale delivers, as usual, a towering performance: growing progressively more disturbed as the film goes on, he weeps, roars, struts, shouts and flips out, maintaining audience sympathy all the while. [More]

Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Tammy Trull, Adriana Millan

Starring: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Tammy Trull, Adriana Millan, Eva Longoria, Terry Crews, Noel Guglielmi, Emilio Rivera, Abel Soto, Sonia Iris Lozada, Craig Ricci Shaynak, Tania Verafield

Director: David Ayer

Director: David Ayer
Producer: Andrea Sperling
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: MGM

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