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In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 48 m
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 48 m
Summary An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job (John Cena) reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unl...
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Jacob Lentz
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 48 m
- 2023
- R
- 1 h 48 m
Freelance
24
5.0
Where to Watch
Summary An ex special forces operative stuck in a dead-end desk job (John Cena) reluctantly takes on a gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist (Alison Brie) as she interviews a ruthless—but impeccably dressed—dictator (Juan Pablo Raba). When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unl...
Directed By: Pierre Morel
Written By: Jacob Lentz
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
70% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
24
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
70% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
It just feels like a movie that was made because Cena and Brie agreed to star in it.
Too tame in its violence to be thrilling, too flat in its gags to be funny, and too PG-minded to be genuinely sexy, Morel’s film arrives and exits like a mild breeze – totally and utterly forgettable. John Cena deserves better. And so do we.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
5.0
31% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
31% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
38% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 User Ratings
5.0
31% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
31% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
38% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Freelance is this incredibly goofy jumble of tones, a movie that doesn’t know what it is or what it wants to be, flailing about as it far overstays its welcome.
Raba is a hoot, and even if Csokas isn’t in the bloom of brawling, villainous youth, he gives fair value and he and Brie and Raba and even Cena show commitment to their parts in all this far beyond what this nonsense deserved.
Freelance, like Cena’s Mason, wants to be something more, but maybe it should’ve settled for something a little more simplistic and straightforward and found the joy in that.
By its conclusion, what we’re left with is a cinematic Frankenstein, whose disparate genre elements have been cobbled together without much consideration or fuss.
The most impressive thing about Pierre Morel’s film is how it takes two actors as generally likable as John Cena and Alison Brie and makes them such bland avatars for actual people that they fade into the dull background of action-comedy noise this “movie” tries to achieve.
IN A NUTSHELL:
An ex-Special Forces operative takes a job to provide security for a journalist as she interviews a dictator, but when a military coup breaks out in the middle of the interview, they are forced to escape into the jungle to survive.
This movie is directed by Pierre Morel and written by Jacob Lentz.
Based on the terribly low score of 7% by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, I can say I definitely got a kick out of this movie more than other film critics. During its opening week, it sat at an embarrassing 0%. Yikes! Audiences liked it more too, giving it a 77% grade.
THINGS I LIKED:
John Cena is such a beast. I get a kick out of his movie performances. How about you?
The story features a guy with Special Forces training in the Army. Those guys are total studmuffins.
I’ve always liked Alison Brie and was happy to see her again. She looks beautiful in every scene.
It’s great to see Christian Slater again. He’s looking good.
All of the cast members of this movie about the Banana Republic did a great job and included Marton Csokas, Juan Pablo Raba, and adorable Molly McCann.
The soundtrack is fun, energetic, and even humorous at times.
Snappy and funny dialogue
Lots of visual and spoken humor.
I don’t know why, but I always love it when characters in a movie reference other movies. In this one, it’s a slam on how terrible the movie Delta Force Ha ha It also quotes a line from The Godfather.
I love twists and turns. There are quite a few of them in the story, so the viewer is never quite sure who is telling the truth.
Lots of action and fight sequences.
I thought it was funny that President Venegas’ suit stayed perfectly white throughout the entire jungle ordeal.
I love that the movie doesn’t take itself too seriously, while at the same, sharing some insightful messages.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
It’s as if the movie can’t decide if it’s a comedy, action, or a drama. It’s a bit of all three, really, but the tone shifts so much that it’s hard to know what the filmmakers were going for.
Well, there didn’t have to be as much profanity, blood, and nudity…
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
Lots of profanity, including many F-bombs in English and Spanish
Violence with various weapons & hand-to-hand combat
A woman throws up after drinking too much alcohol
Talk of having an affair
Some Spanish is spoken sometimes with and without subtitles.
A little girl flips the bird.
We see people get shot and killed
Some blood
Explosions and destruction
We see the top half of 3 naked people coming out from showers. A woman covers her chest with her hands (but she doesn’t cover everything).
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In 2019, John Cena starred in the comedy Playing With Fire, which at the time went completely unnoticed in theaters. Back then, I expressed that even though as hard as Cena would try, he would not become a movie star like Dwayne Johnson did.However, he made appearances in more famous films, joined the Fast and Furious franchise, and got a lot of recognition for his portrayal of Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad, followed by his own series on HBO Max, so it seemed my skepticism might have been **** it seems Cena is back to where he was limited and destined to be with his recent appearances in such irrelevant movies as Vacation Friends 1 and 2, Hidden Strike with Jackie Chan and now Freelance. So everything seems to be back to normal.Freelance is a terrible action comedy. A mess that fails to be either entertaining or funny. It feels like a manufactured product in the hopes of getting attention for having Cena involved while the rest of the movie seems to have been improvised. Still, even to produce low-quality content, certain skills are required, and Freelance makes it clear pretty quickly that whatever they were looking to pursue is being offered to the audiences in a crappy and pitiful way.
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0/10 This film so a joke, it's so bad that I couldn't even refer it to anyone I know couldn't do that to them, all the scenes are very bad it looked either John Cena was trying to be funny and quirky but failed miserably.
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Production Company
AGC Studios,
Endurance Media,
Sentient Entertainment,
Sentient Pictures,
Signature Films,
Wideangle Films,
Yorkshire Film Services II
Release Date Oct 27, 2023
Duration 1 h 48 m
Rating R
Website
https://freelance.movie/
